[ale] Remove systemd network handling

[Solomon Peachy]

On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 03:55:44PM -0700, Alex Carver via Ale wrote:
> The device is already statically defined in /etc/network/interfaces, I'm
> not using DHCP on this particular machine, and there's no need to be
> looking for hotplug events because the instruments and computer are all
> bolted together in the same chassis.

It sounds like your beef isn't with systemd specifically, but how the 
underlying distribution is [mis-]handling things...

You may want to contact distribution-specific channels about that, 
because generic advice here probably won't be terribly helpful.

> As an aside, are there any good explanations for how to remove user
> management and login control from systemd as well?  I don't need seats
> or any of the fancy features on this machine, that's just overhead for
> no good value so I'd rather to back to plain logins.

If you're trying to eliminate the use of systemd's networking stuff from 
a distribution built around using systemd's networking stuff, you'll 
probably find it much less perilous (and work) to just switch to a 
different distribution altogether.

There are plenty of other distributions out there, with and without 
systemd, though I should note that most systemd-based distros don't use 
systemd's networking features.

 - Solomon
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