On Sunday 16 November 2014 10:24:03 Michael . wrote:
> The talk about forking Debian to avoid systemd is also not correct. It
> doesn't take into account that systemd is only the default, like Gnome is
> the default. You do not have to have systemd if you don't want it. You do
> have choices and all this talk is based on nothing but misinformation and
> only helps to spread the exact same information.
>
> It really is a pity that on a message group like this that such
> misinformation is spread so easily as though it is truth.

I use Debian.  I have never had Gnome on my computer.  It has been the Debian 
default for a while.

As Michael says, systemd is just the default.  I agree with him that it seems 
a pity for the FUD to be spreading from Debian user to other lists.

Lisi