It's fine (Score: 2, Interesting) by skarjak@pipedot.org on 2014-08-14 02:36 (#3VB) Archlinux made the switch to systemd something like two years ago. At the time, there was much complaining (and I was one of the people bitching), but I have to say now that it does the job. It hasn't caused me issues, and it's not that difficult to learn how to use it. People using other distros don't have to be worried, I think.This rant will change nothing. Plenty of people have complained about systemd, but its advantages end up winning people over once the change has settled in. As the distros adopt it, we'll see users "revolt", then cool down after a while just like for archlinux Debian adopting systemd pretty much means that it's the way of the future.Let's not forget also that Linux users are quick to complain about change (see: unity, kde4, gnome3). It's understandable: people don't want their workflow to be affected. I think it won't take too much playing around with systemd for most people to feel confortable with it. Re: It's fine (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-08-14 10:42 (#3VC) What advantages does systemd have exactly? Almost everything new in systemd had already been solved in a a more sane fashion elsewhere. All it's done for me is break stuff that I wouldn't even think to check because... "an init wouldn't do that". More the fool me for thinking systemd was an init system rather than some bloated POS parasite with tentacles reaching every corner of the OS. The icing on the cake is that every critique on basic design or suitable functionality for an init system is met by the developers with a "because fuck you!".
Re: It's fine (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2014-08-14 10:42 (#3VC) What advantages does systemd have exactly? Almost everything new in systemd had already been solved in a a more sane fashion elsewhere. All it's done for me is break stuff that I wouldn't even think to check because... "an init wouldn't do that". More the fool me for thinking systemd was an init system rather than some bloated POS parasite with tentacles reaching every corner of the OS. The icing on the cake is that every critique on basic design or suitable functionality for an init system is met by the developers with a "because fuck you!".