athenian200
Circumspect
- Joined
- Jan 31, 2010
I wouldn't really consider myself experienced enough to make an informed decision. The only thing I know is that without much debate, most Linux distributions seem to have adopted it and made it increasingly difficult to avoid. Debian has a fork called Devuan over the issue.
The main thing I've noticed is that it seems like SystemD is taking over more and more functionality, and is making itself harder to avoid. Programs that come to depend on SystemD functionality become harder to decouple from it, and thus we end up with more forks and a large number of patches.
Something about the fact that SystemD gives so much control to a single project and makes Linux less modular with fewer options makes me uncomfortable.
So, what do you Linux users out there on ZD think? Is SystemD actually better than previous init systems? Or is something else going on here?
The main thing I've noticed is that it seems like SystemD is taking over more and more functionality, and is making itself harder to avoid. Programs that come to depend on SystemD functionality become harder to decouple from it, and thus we end up with more forks and a large number of patches.
Something about the fact that SystemD gives so much control to a single project and makes Linux less modular with fewer options makes me uncomfortable.
So, what do you Linux users out there on ZD think? Is SystemD actually better than previous init systems? Or is something else going on here?