On Wed, 09 May 2012 19:45:51 +0800 Patrick Lauer wrote: > > On occasions I have had to resort to editing shell init scripts because > > I don't agree with the distro or devs. People shouldn't be forced to > > Gentoo and damaging the environment. > Wat :) > I presume you got distracted and meant to write something else, > otherwise I have to claim that you are a donkey ;) Thanks for the most > surreal quote of the day (so far Was it cryptic. I didn't get your humour either? With init and shell rc. You are guaranteed control and adaptability and easier understanding of all executions. With systemd you may have to work within the expected configurations. Basically, the premise is that a minimal Linux system should be X times bigger. This means you may have to recompile like the Gentoo distro to get the system you want. Like you currently have to do if you want a smaller kernel.