Udisks2: Another Loss For Linux
 

With Udisks2 being added to Slackware to I wanted to know what this new package brings. It looks like another gnome POS tainting my system.



http://igurublog.wordpress.com/2012/...oss-for-linux/

In short: I haven't tried it yet but it *should* be bad.

IMNSHO, it would be more constructive to try it yourself on a system which is not running Gnome, as for instance Slackware-current, and tell us about your own experience than quote people who didn't even dare to try it.

The focus has been mainly to get Gnome literally a required component of a Linux distribution since so many distributions have either eradicated it or have started using it as their primary desktop environment.

Not only that but to wipe out any traces of any ability to work with BSD based or UNIX based components and recreate all tools to be specifically Linux.

I wouldn't be surprised if Red Hat wants to takeover Linux and recreate it not as a kernel for GNU based distributions, but as a true Linux OS.

Patrick has however stated Slackware has some options to avoid the inevitable, but exactly what they are is still under lock and key, but it deals with BSD based system tools.

Perhaps I'm a bit naive on this, but who died and made David Zeuthen god for this type of technology in Linux? Can there be another alternative than udisks2 that can be used for those that don't want gnome running on their system? Or is that exactly what the BSD system mentioned in another post will do?

That was simply an offhand comment after perhaps one too many Pabst Blue Ribbons. If I knew anything, I'd tell you. The plan is as it always has been -- try to keep forging a path ahead, and don't build bridges until we've arrived at a river.

Let's just hope they didn't shorten the road on things. God forbid we take a good breath, turn around, and the inevitable nightmare is starring us in the face.

I've been reading on various package websites that hardly anyone is in favor of udisks2's implementation.

For those interested here's a good read into how bad things with udisks2 are:

http://www.pappp.net/?p=948

Always interesting to see how much Linux developers will screw around with simple and easy to use systems just to mess up as much as possible and over-complicate the system.

You'd think these guys worked for Microsoft or something.

Wow! Did you catch the *next* post on Mr Zeuthen's blog? For his next trick -- get this -- he's now embedded Javascript into Polkit :eek:

yes, there is one, from Ignorant Guru himself: it's called udevil and, besides being still in alpha stage, I'm using it happily together with Spacefm on my laptop. :)

Thanks Ponce, both of those look like they might go well with my dwm/dmenu setup. Will give 'em a try.

And they keep saying Slackware development process isn't transparent :D

I think the author of udevil does say his software is not an udisks replacement.

To made things easier for anybody who wants to try it, I have the slackbuilds (also one for an updated spacefm) available on my repository for -current ;)

I have understood exactly the opposite, even the syntax is compatible (also with udisks2).

To play devil's advocate, which is probably foolish given I don't really get what's happening under the hood, Zeuthen talks about problems with scripts:

http://davidz25.blogspot.co.uk/2012/...in-polkit.html

I think I'll just disable udisks if possible, just like I disabled polkit and consolekit, etc.