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> Am I the only one who likes systemd? No, but those of us who do generally get downvoted for mentioning it in these comment threads, so many just stay away.

> Am I the only one who likes systemd? No, but those of us who do generally get downvoted for mentioning it in these comment threads, so many just stay away. Paradoxically, due to the positive feedback loop of people downvoting comments that they disagree with and thereby driving away dissenting voices, comment threads on polarizing topics like these tend to be a pretty poor representation of actual popular opinion, as opposed to the opinion of the loudest people in the room.

vezzy-fnord 11y ago
I mean, it's not that I'm going to rain on your parade if you want to use systemd. But by and large most systemd proponents seem to scantly have any idea why they like it beyond parroting misconceptions and half-truths, much as many critics aren't sure why they hate it.
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  - vezzy-fnord 11y ago
    I'd take it you've actually studied the Unit object, the internal graph engine, the transaction manager, the seven different job queuing modes, the contextual relationships between services, jobs and units, the semantics of the dependency and relationship model, how execution state is composed, etc.? Those are seldom talked about, but are some of the primary reasons I object to systemd. Are you neutral on those aspects, or do you see them as definitively positive?
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    - mercurial 11y ago
      Not having looked at the internals of systemd, I'll take your word for it. The question is, is it possible to offer a similar feature set with a simpler model?
      - digi_owl 11y ago
        At this point in time that is like asking of someone can support MS Office using simpler tools. That in turn invoke the old chestnut about how 99% of MS Office users use 1% of its features, but each use a different 1%.
  - simoncion 11y ago
    > ...you are implying he doesn't know what he's talking about... It's good to first be charitable when attempting to divine a conversation partner's motives. If you go back and read more of what vezzy-fnord has said in the past, you'll find that he doesn't really rely on innuendo, and has no qualms with addressing false, misleading, or incorrect statements head-on. So, when he says: > But by and large most systemd proponents seem to scantly have any idea why they like it beyond parroting misconceptions and half-truths, much as many critics aren't sure why they hate it. he is stating the entirety of his observations, rather than slyly implying that his conversation partner doesn't know what he's talking about.

vezzy-fnord 11y ago

I mean, it's not that I'm going to rain on your parade if you want to use systemd. But by and large most systemd proponents seem to scantly have any idea why they like it beyond parroting misconceptions and half-truths, much as many critics aren't sure why they hate it.

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- vezzy-fnord 11y ago
  I'd take it you've actually studied the Unit object, the internal graph engine, the transaction manager, the seven different job queuing modes, the contextual relationships between services, jobs and units, the semantics of the dependency and relationship model, how execution state is composed, etc.? Those are seldom talked about, but are some of the primary reasons I object to systemd. Are you neutral on those aspects, or do you see them as definitively positive?
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  - mercurial 11y ago
    Not having looked at the internals of systemd, I'll take your word for it. The question is, is it possible to offer a similar feature set with a simpler model?
    - digi_owl 11y ago
      At this point in time that is like asking of someone can support MS Office using simpler tools. That in turn invoke the old chestnut about how 99% of MS Office users use 1% of its features, but each use a different 1%.
- simoncion 11y ago
  > ...you are implying he doesn't know what he's talking about... It's good to first be charitable when attempting to divine a conversation partner's motives. If you go back and read more of what vezzy-fnord has said in the past, you'll find that he doesn't really rely on innuendo, and has no qualms with addressing false, misleading, or incorrect statements head-on. So, when he says: > But by and large most systemd proponents seem to scantly have any idea why they like it beyond parroting misconceptions and half-truths, much as many critics aren't sure why they hate it. he is stating the entirety of his observations, rather than slyly implying that his conversation partner doesn't know what he's talking about.