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There is a wonderful talk by Benno Rice a few years ago. Insightful and entertaining. Not focussed only on the negatives, BTW. https://papers.freebsd.org/2018/

There is a wonderful talk by Benno Rice a few years ago. Insightful and entertaining. Not focussed only on the negatives, BTW. https://papers.freebsd.org/2018/bsdcan/rice-the_tragedy_of_systemd/ https://papers.freebsd.org/2018/bsdcan/rice-the_tragedy_of_s... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_AIw9bGogo HN discusion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19207533 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19207533 LWN comments: https://lwn.net/Articles/777595/ https://lwn.net/Articles/777595/

einpoklum 2y ago
For the GP: This is not a talk which explains why systemd is bad, it's a talk which argues which systemd is good and misunderstood. Which I don't agree with, plus isn't what you asked.
- fermigier 2y ago
  Indeed, as the LWN reported stated: "His attempt to cast that story for the pleasure of his audience resulted in a sympathetic and nuanced look at a turbulent chapter in the history of the Linux system." I believe "nuance" is the key word here.