I ran FreeBSD servers for about a decade. Now all my servers are Linux with systemd. I'm liked FreeBSD then, I'm happy with systemd now. I have commits in both.

I ran FreeBSD servers for about a decade. Now all my servers are Linux with systemd. I'm liked FreeBSD then, I'm happy with systemd now. I have commits in both. I'm glad there are some people who use and prefer FreeBSD and other init system now, because diversity in digital ecosystems is benefits the whole just as diversity in natural ecosystems do. The shot taking at systemd here was disingenuous though. The author complained about the number of different systemd binaries and the lines of source code, but all these tools provide a highly consistent "system layer" with standardized conventions and high quality documentation-- it's essentially the same argument made to support FreeBSD as a large body of kernel and userspace code that's maintained in harmony.