And I'm old enough to remember when it wasn't so goddamned hot.

I was on non-systemd Debian before, but that seems to get harder. And yes, I have some custom init-scripts as well. Easy with sysV init. I regard Devuan as Debian with an added sanity-filter.

I've been on Devuan for several releases. Root on [mirrored] ZFS based on the Debian instructions with some tweaks like writing init scripts, Nvidia driver and CUDA installed from the runfile, X11, KDE, wireplumber, etc etc. My Zen3 MiniPC and Zen+ laptop also, less Nvidia. The laptop is even still on the last version because it just runs a browser and CHIRP.

The best description I've heard is that they want police protection from their slaves, but I don't think that truly captures their full flavor. The description needs to include something about being deluded enough to think they will be in the slave-owning class in the dark future they are happy to help bring about.

The thing is that CERN is probably doing very custom stuff here and needs to do their own thing on industrial hardware.

Yep, somewhere around that. I am usually paying $70 (Phillips Sonicare, keeps 1-2 years or so) and like $4 for a brush per month. Well worth the investment, but the more expensive ones just seem like gold-plating things.

The real problem is that a lot of kids go into cognitive surrender when they are allowed to use AI, even when they actually know how to do it and would be able to direct and review AI results. That is catastrophic.

I just moved my last remaining Debian to Devuan. Essentially Debian without the bullshit.

First, Debian can still be run without systemd. Well, mostly and it is getting harder. Second, migration to Devuan is really easy.

That said, systemd is mostly a gross violation of all UNIX system design principles, but it should run on older hardware.

Which does not help you of the rest of your distro does not run ...

I would guess it effects anybody with Linux-based industrial control systems. These can be a lot more expensive than regular computers. Also, Debian is generally not about the "absolute last" version of anything, but rather conservative in its updates.

Roky would probably have the same problem that made them switch. CERN will have a lot of radiation hardened and the like hardware that would be hard and expensive to replace.

Unlikely. The first wave of smarter people is already moving away from it again.

That person is not smart enough to understand this. Morons doing it to themselves is unfortunately a recurring topic with the human race.

Indeed. LLMs could have been a smaller, but respectable improvement of some things. Instead they will cause a world economic crisis, waste mountains of precious resources, drive developers into burnout, help cyber criminals, etc. Ad nauseam. And all because some rich assholes must get even richer.