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