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Have you ever tried any other init? Just wondering.

• dekhn 5y ago
  I started with sys-v init and other init systems about 30 or so years ago. systemd as an init system is far better than any other I used. I'm not very happy with systemd-resolver and some of its other non-init components.
  • baa-z 5y ago
    Yeah systemd init is kinda good (although still bloated) But systemd isn't a init it's a hole mess of utilities that can't do their job well !(also have you tried runit?)
    • dekhn 5y ago
      yes, I've used runit. Athough systemd's overall software engineering is not impressive, I believe the value of having a centralized admin system for all common base functionality of a modern linux workstation or server is high. Of the non-init components of systemd, my experience is: networkd is really powerful but there are serious gaps (that's your mess), resolvd (I spend a lot of time debugging their resolver; I like dnsmasq better). udevd: have never noticed anything about it working any differently from before. timesyncd (versus ntpd): has generally been painless and worked well. I haven't really looked into the container support.
• znpy 5y ago
  Yes! Upstart in Ubuntu, sysv-init on debian (from sarge up to the one after lenny iirc), openrc in gentoo (briefly), the rc system in netbsd. Systemd is just right. Not perfect of course. But jn comparison to systemd other init systems feel just dumb.