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Isn't systemd a Red Hat thing (IBM now)? How much influence does it have?

• baisq 4y ago
  Complete influence: they have shoved systemd down our throats by making GNOME depend on it.
  • kaba0 4y ago
    Gnome depends on logind which has a drop-in replacement not dependent on systemd. So no.
  • akagusu 4y ago
    This is what I am talking about.
• akagusu 4y ago
  Red Hat has influence not only over systemd, but over freedesktop.org, GTK, Gnome, Flatpak and many others. They have strong influence over the entire Linux stack, and this is why IBM bought them. Basically, even if you avoid systemd, you will still be over Red Hat influence, no matter what.
• eternityforest 4y ago
  Systemd is close to universal now, in any system except possibly some lightweight container image type distros, very tiny embedded, and systems for people who specifically hate it. I would be surprised to see anything else in any office, data center, or casual user's home. It seems like red hat is the early adopter for new mainstream Linux tech, they seem pretty influential.