On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 2:26 PM, Nicholas MIller <nick.kyky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Karol Babioch <karol@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Am 22.07.2012 21:11, schrieb Myra Nelson: >> > On my system rc.conf is 716 B. The three files >> > (hostname 8 B, vconsole.conf 47 B, and locale.conf 30 B) take up less >> > space. Granted at the moment it's more but that will be offset when >> > the move to systemd can be completed. >> >> You don't really try to argue about a few bytes like this, do you? With >> the default block size of 4K (for ext4), this doesn't matter anyway. >> >> Though your(Karol) right, that a few bytes doesn't matter in the days of > TB+ hard drives, it might be something worth looking at (how much more > space will systemd use/save). And on some systems (mostly older) it may > matter. i don't have any figures/proof but i think systemd is gaining quite a bit of populatiry on the embedded linux market -- where space and minimalist is king -- at least ii feel like i've read that a few times recently :-) i'm pretty sure i've read posts to systemd-devel by the http://profusion.mobi/ guys, and some longer blogs too. also in my own endeavors with my Sheevaplug and Pandaboard i've run across a number of people who were using it with great results (as am i :-) probably beating a dead horse here, bu IMO it's just blatantly superior all ways imaginable ... this becomes increasingly obvious the longer you work with it (check out user-sessions! yay!). -- C Anthony
