Yes, but it strives to hide those sorts of transitions from the user. I believe the issue in question is the pain of change. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. Jelle van der Waa <jelle@xxxxxxxx> wrote: On 08/14/12 15:51, Paul Gideon Dann wrote: > On Tuesday 14 Aug 2012 14:59:43 Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> On Tue, 2012-08-14 at 13:45 +0100, Paul Gideon Dann wrote: >>> and easier for most users to maintain >> >> USERS? I'm a stupid user. I guess you're talking about experts. For >> "USERS" it's hard to follow changes every half year. We stupid users >> simply want to use the computer. We are willing to learn, but we won't >> start from the beginning, every half year. > > Cool, so once you're set up with systemd, you should find it easier to work > with. As for change, I'm afraid that's inevitable in ArchLinux, because it's > intended to be a cutting-edge distro. If you don't like the change, you > really need to consider switching to something less hands-on. I hear that > OpenSUSE Tumbleweed is a viable rolling-release option. And I think Mint > Debian Edition is also rolling-release? > > Paul > SuSe has systemd plans too ;) -- Jelle van der Waa