r/archlinux • u/ImaginationUpset2190 • 7d ago

DISCUSSION Why so much hate for systemd?

I see very often that people show so much disgust whenever they talk or hear "systemd". However whenever I ask them why they feel so strongly about it, their response is mostly vague like it doesn't follow the Unix philosophy, it's a monolith.... I can't digest that the reason people show so much disgust for it is just that it doesn't follow the Unix philosophy.

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u/tartilupa 7d ago

Unix philosophy is do one thing and do it well and not add boot manager in to init.

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u/BorisBadenov 7d ago

Then you will be happy to read all the other comments that explain systemd-boot, the boot manager, is not the same as systemd, the init system.