This is worth a read:

 http://linusakesson.net/programming/tty/



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 Gave  Void Linux [1] a try. Intriguing. I wonder how long distros like
 that can survive -- because they refuse to adopt systemd.


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 Spent the better part of the day doing research on CHANGELOG files and
 NEWS  files  and  what  not. Since last year, there is [2] which looks
 intriguing until you read [3].  There's a lot of confusion  going  on.
 Many  competing  "standards".  A lot of people with a lot of different
 opinions.

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 1. http://www.voidlinux.eu/

 2. http://keepachangelog.com/

 3. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9054627