PID 1 isn't particularly gigantic under systemd. Most actual work is delegated to other binaries. Eg, journald isn't PID 1. Personally, I take the opposite sta

PID 1 isn't particularly gigantic under systemd. Most actual work is delegated to other binaries. Eg, journald isn't PID 1. Personally, I take the opposite stance. I have very little ideology besides things being open source. To me a machine is a tool to do a job, and if systemd does the job better, then that's the right tool, regardless of any violation of principles that it might involve. There's definitely good ideas in the Unix model, but if the model ceases to be useful, it's time to throw the bad parts out. I also have no issues whatsoever with running Red Hat's Linux (I use Fedora). It does the job, it provides the tools I like, that's what matters.