▲ | oncallthrow 12 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I genuinely believe that systemd might have the highest “haters” to “benefit-to-humanity” ratio, out of any software project in history. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | nine_k 12 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PulseAudio also drew a lot of disapproval, until Pipewire appeared and finally did the same thing (and more) well. Maybe systemd (service management, logind, the DNS resolver, the loggig system, etc) will eventually be re-implemented in a way that does not have the irritating properties of the original systemd. /* I'd say that systemd feels like typical corporate software. It has a ton of features to check all the requisite boxes, it's not very ergonomic, it does things the way authors wanted and could sell to the corporate customers (who are not the end users), not the way end users prefer. It also used to be bug-ridden for quite some time, after having been pushed upon users. It comes from Red Hat (which is now a part of IBM), so you could say: here's why! But, say, podman also comes from Red Hat, and does not feel like such corporate software; to the contrary, end users enjoy it. */ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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▲ | happytoexplain 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
You mean the highest combined amount of haters and benefit? A high ratio means many haters, little benefit. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | Imustaskforhelp 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hey, now I am interested in more of such softwares overall. Like imagine a list where we can create a form where people can give them and give reasonings or just something. What if I can create a github repo and issues regarding this so that we can discuss about them and I can create a website later if it interests but its a really nice thought experiment. Are we talking more about uh every software including proprietory too? Are we talking about lets say websites too or services (what if we extend it to services like websites or even products outside of software niche into things beyond too, that's interesting too) Another interesting point that comes to my mind might be that cryptocoins might be the lowest inverse to this software project in the sense that I believe that there was very little net positive done to all humanity in general, sure the privacy aspects are nice but still, its not worth having people invest their life savings into it thinking that its going to 100x y'know, I have created a whole article about it being frustated by this idea people think regarding crypto as an investment when it could very well be a crypto"currency" but that's a yap for another day. I really nerded over this and I think I loved it, we need a really good discussion about it :> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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▲ | correct_horse 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I think I agree. I’m curious what software would be in places 2-10. If we’re talking about HN, maybe excel/google sheets? Maybe C++? Recent versions of macOS always seem to get hate, but I think macOS is in a different category. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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