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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I'm using Debian without ever having been involved in the init-wars. What's wrong with Systemd and why should i not use it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'd like to know too, a ELI5 version if possible. Somethingsomething monolithic, but what does that actually mean for me as an end user?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In my personal opinion, correct me if I'm wrong:

Systemd was created to replace the init system, then through extreme scope creep took over way more than wanted and needed, the main developer was "problematic" to say it politically correct, and in practice it has over complicated many super easy tasks to the point that I hate it. Other init systems were intuitive, systemd is all but.

Few weeks ago I setup a systemd server ssh server. Changing the port would be 5 seconds in changing a line in the sshd config, but now with the new and improved systemd I need to follow some nightmare documentation into creating systemd files in unrelated places and reload configs or something and I'm done with it

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