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Systemd 256 Released

• dTal 2y ago
  "now with 42 percent less Unix philosophy", since HN seems to be lacking something to argue about here. It is interesting because one of the primary accusations leveled against systemd has long been[0] that it's a monolithic and tightly integrated behemoth, in contrast to the unix philosophy (however imperfectly realized) of orthogonal tools that "do one thing and do it well". Defenders of systemd often retort[1] that systemd is modular, and that its many components can be separated - although the reality is not so friendly. Does this openly combative tagline represent an admission that systemd's hostility to piecemeal replacement is intentional? Or is it just a trollish crow of victory against systemd's historical naysayers, to celebrate this release number milestone? [0] https://lwn.net/Articles/440650/ https://lwn.net/Articles/440650/ [1] https://lwn.net/Articles/440753/ https://lwn.net/Articles/440753/