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[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (4 children)

What is the benefit of no systemd?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's too popular and it works too well.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Not true, doesn't work well at all. It's bloated and full of bugs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I literally haven't run into a single one in the whole time Arch has been using it.

(I installed Arch shortly before it switched to systemd and have been using it since without pause)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

You must be running hardware not older than 4 or 5 years. Try running it on hardware 10+ years old.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The main benefit is that when people get tired of distro flame wars, they can move on to init system flame wars.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

With the price of energy being what it is, people need the systemd flame wars to keep them warm!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No, I just don't like systemd. It's bloated and full of bugs. Just because almost every distro out there uses it, doesn't mean it's good.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm feeling warmer already, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

OK, I have to admit, i kinda fell for it 😂.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

It made me chuckle, so thanks for that!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have no horse in this race, I don't have strong feelings about it either way as long as it works. But I can't help but notice that OP skipped replying to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

OP said “bloated and full of bugs”.

I've been using Arch since shortly before they started using systemd and literally never ran into a systemd bug.

I have no clue at this point what “bloated” means. Maybe if everything works and you don't have to hack up your own solution all the time, that's “bloat”?