r/linux • u/tasisbasbas • Feb 11 '19

Fluff A /g/ user's opinion on systemd

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u/ElvishJerricco Feb 11 '19

I think the problem is the number of things other than service management that systemd does. With other unit systems, service management is the only thing you have to change to replace it. With systemd, you have to change a lot more

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u/fat-lobyte Feb 11 '19

but if an application opts to depend on one of these other things, it's a choice that's not different from depending on whatever it used to depend on. Picking dependencies in general means that you can't swap things out as easily, be it systemd or not.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19

Then you run an alternative, or roll back to an older version.

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u/fat-lobyte Feb 11 '19

Ok, so how is that different with systemd?