> This is exactly why upstart was invented, long before systemd existed. Except that upstart didn't deliver too much, unlike systemd. Fedora used upstart (RHEL

> This is exactly why upstart was invented, long before systemd existed. Except that upstart didn't deliver too much, unlike systemd. Fedora used upstart (RHEL6 still does) and it wasn't very different from the traditional SysV init. I also wasn't able to figure out how to use it to its full potential, it looked too complicated. On the other hand perhaps I'm biased because Lennart provided a series on systemd for administrators.