Episode 57: systemd Haters Busted | LUP 57

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Episode 57: systemd Haters Busted | LUP 57

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83 minutes

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Sep 9, 2014

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The majority of systemd hate appears to be coming from just two sources. At least that’s what we suspect & call them out.

Plus a review of OpenMediaVault and how it compares to FreeNAS, a quick look at Tox & what the heck is Fedora’s DNF?

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Sep 9, 2014

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