On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:25:05AM +0800, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote: > Please think of systemd as the freedesktop.org specs for desktop files > or graphical interoperability between distributions (X11, d-bus). I'm trying to attach some meaning to that sentence, but so far I can't. > It is a new 'upstream' that we can rely on for running our GNU/Linux > systems. It so happens that this time it's a core part of the system > that's being 'standardised'. If you're not a fan of freedesktop.org, > then I'm afraid that's a religious position you choose to take. That is completely upside down. Blindly accepting truth 'fom above'. in this case freedesktop.org, is a religious attitude. Refusing to do that certainly is not. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)