> In fact "the system is a single project" approach reminds me of the BSDs, which is arguably better than Linux as far as usability and security is concerned.

> In fact "the system is a single project" approach reminds me of the BSDs, which is arguably better than Linux as far as usability and security is concerned. I've had this thought as well. The BSDs aren't afraid to go off and do their own thing, and it works for them. I feel like generally the Linux ecosystem is held back by reluctance to break free from ancient conventions and standards like POSIX and such, so I come into this systemd debate skeptical of arguments that it's not "the UNIX way" or that it's too Linux-specific or that it's stepping on other projects' toes, or that it's not the way things have been done before. The systemd critics have legitimate criticisms which can be addressed through evolutionary improvements, but I don't buy the philosophical arguments that systemd is fundamentally flawed.