> why everyone seems to hate it to death This isn't universal. For service management systemd is awesome, and has been way more enjoyable to use than any other

> why everyone seems to hate it to death This isn't universal. For service management systemd is awesome, and has been way more enjoyable to use than any other system (Ubuntu's upstart, Solaris's SMF, FreeBDS, and old-school linux init). As a sysadmin my only issues with systemd have been occasional patches that required rebooting, but these have practically disappeared in the last few years.