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Whereas Linux never stopped coming up with new ideas, but doesn't have the manpower to implement them

systemd!

(Currently struggling with the way systemd inserts itself into the DNS query chain and then botches things.)

It likes to fall over to the secondary server, doesn't it.

It likes to botch things.

There are so many known systemd-resolved bugs [1][2] that I can't tell which one was breaking both of my simple Ubuntu desktop machines. Systemd-resolved sets itself up as the sole DNS resolver and then randomly reports it can't reach any DNS servers.

[1] https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3A...

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/18kh1r5/im_shocked_t...

Yes and... the tools are now highly distro-specific. I don't want to allocate my study time to resolvectl, I want to allocate it to programming, but my home server requires me to be a beginner again in something that was easy a decade ago. And I am not getting anything of value for that trade.

The how-hard-can-it-be-and-who-cares-anyway approach to replacing basic system components. Love it.

Which is why I gave up on it. Was tired of something in my workflow breaking every 6 weeks because “ooh shiny”

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