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> Why wouldn't you want unit files instead of much larger init shell scripts which duplicate logic across every service? Indeed, that criticism makes no sense
by bonzini 10mo ago
> Why wouldn't you want unit files instead of much larger init shell scripts which duplicate logic across every service?
Indeed, that criticism makes no sense at all.
> It also enabled a ton of event driven actions which laptops/desktops/embedded devices use.
Don't forget VMs. Even in server space, they use hotplug/hotunplug as much as traditional desktops.
- throw0101a 10mo ago>> It also enabled a ton of event driven actions which laptops/desktops/embedded devices use. > Don't forget VMs. Even in server space, they use hotplug/hotunplug as much as traditional desktops. I was doing hot plugging of hardware awo+ decades ago when I still administered Solaris machines. IBM/mainframes has been doing it since forever. Even on Linux udevd existed before systemd did.