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http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html Myth: systemd is about speed. Yes, systemd is

http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/the-biggest-myths.html Myth: systemd is about speed. Yes, systemd is fast (A pretty complete userspace boot-up in ~900ms, anyone?), but that's primarily just a side-effect of doing things right. In fact, we never really sat down and optimized the last tiny bit of performance out of systemd. Instead, we actually frequently knowingly picked the slightly slower code paths in order to keep the code more readable. This doesn't mean being fast was irrelevant for us, but reducing systemd to its speed is certainly quite a misconception, since that is certainly not anywhere near the top of our list of goals.

falcolas 11y ago
Might want to read an even earlier post by the same gent. http://0pointer.net/blog/projects/systemd.html http://0pointer.net/blog/projects/systemd.html Speed has always been a major motivator driving systemd. Not the only driver, but it's the first thing that's listed as a gripe with System V Init. It may not still be the biggest priority, but to say it was never a priority is re-writing history.
Touche 11y ago
> Myth: systemd is about speed. Then what is it about?
- digi_owl 11y ago
  Kernel encirclement and owning userspace. Basically the biggest players in all this has long bellyached about fragmentation in the Linux ecosystem, and preached the wonders of monoculture (aka Windows and OSX).