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AFAIR the gnome people were desperately looking for someone who'd maintain console kit and the systemd people stepped up and provided a working alternative, so
by Xylakant 9y ago
AFAIR the gnome people were desperately looking for someone who'd maintain console kit and the systemd people stepped up and provided a working alternative, so gnome switched. After the switch, systemd basically was a hard dependency for every system using a recent gnome version. If the time spent complaining about systemd were spent towards supporting alternatives, things might look different today. It doesn't require coding an alternative, but organizing support, funding a patreon etc. would go a long way.
- JoshTriplett 9y agoIt's also worth noting that you can still, today, run systemd-logind (and several other systemd components) with the compatibility layer of systemd-shim on top of another init system. But even that doesn't have enough people willing to maintain it.
- atemerev 9y agoPeople who are unhappy with systemd are usually so for reasons other than compatibility.