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Sorry if this is a noob question, but what is the problem with systemd? I run Arch, and have used it for quite a few things, and it seems alright. Is there a sp
by HDMI_Cable 6y ago
Sorry if this is a noob question, but what is the problem with systemd? I run Arch, and have used it for quite a few things, and it seems alright. Is there a specific controversy or is it just preference?
- woleium 6y agothere are two main arguments against it as far as I know: 1. it goes against the "do one thing well" unix philosophy 2. It was written by Lennart Poettering, who also wrote pulseaudio and avahi, which are regarded by some as overcomplicated , buggy and hard to port and maintain.
- livre 6y agoSomeone else mentioned the main complaints people have. My specific problem is that it manages to override and break my custom DNS on every update (Debian). It's also makes booting to the login prompt too slow on some older hardware I have, I'm now running Void there because it boots fast enough.
- wojciii 6y agoMy current problem is that it takes about one minute to configure networking on Ubuntu after waking up from sleep on my workstation. This is s problem with systemd and network manager. I don't have it as such but would prefer something quicker.
- AtlasBarfed 6y agoMy personal nitpick? sudo service <servicename> <verb> verb can be autocompleted based on the <servicename> sudo systemctl <verb> <service> neither verb nor service can be autocompleted.