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1 year agoIt’s not just “hardly anyone,” it’s “literally no one.” Varlink was invented by the systemd developers out of whole cloth specifically for this purpose.


It’s not just “hardly anyone,” it’s “literally no one.” Varlink was invented by the systemd developers out of whole cloth specifically for this purpose.
This isn’t a recent development; it’s been going on for decades. Indeed, most of the reason we use the terms “FOSS” and “open source” instead of the original term—“free software”—is that “open source” was deemed more corporate-friendly.