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One reason * may * be that most users didn't want it. It was kind of foisted. I was bitter about it for years until I lost my enthusiasm for Linux. Now, I exclu
by eth0up 2y ago
One reason * may * be that most users didn't want it. It was kind of foisted. I was bitter about it for years until I lost my enthusiasm for Linux. Now, I exclusively use Debian (testing) but, to put it abstractly, it seems without a soul.
And I too find it generally works well. I still would prefer it went away though.
- cranberryturkey 2y agoso what was the alternative? /etc/init.d scripts??
- graemep 2y agoSystemd's init system used standalone, or one of the many other init systems available and used by some ditros: Upstart, OpenRC, runit....
- vetinari 2y agoSo basically we don't need a car, just a faster horse. Looking at systemd just as an init system is shortsighted. Consider it service manager, that manages lifecycle of services, and starting them at init time is just one of many other mechanisms (other being at specified time, dbus activated, socket activated, as-a-dependency activated, etc).
- graemep 2y agoI was replying to a comment that asked what the alternatives were. Most of the alternatives do provide dependency activation and other features you mention: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Comparison_of_init_systems https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Comparison_of_init_systems I prefer cron for running things at a specified time. Is systemd a service manager? It seems to be a lot more than that. It aims to make Linux less unix like: https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/13/version_256_systemd/ https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/13/version_256_systemd/ . It seems more of an OS built on the Linux kernel - a bit like Android.
- izacus 2y ago"most" is a really misleading word to describe a tiny loud minority.