In Defence of systemd | A Modern Solution for Linux, Despite the Haters 🚀
Systemd. Just the mention of it in certain circles is enough to trigger endless debates, blog rants, and BSD folks shaking their heads in disapproval. It has been called "bloated," "overcomplicated," and even "a violation of UNIX philosophy." Yet, de...
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Hunchback
"Haters", "Debunking": This is loaded language.
The past being seen as deficient is nothing but propaganda and prejudice. To quote Nicolás Gómez Dávila: "Our contemporaries denigrate the past so that they do not commit suicide out of shame and nostalgia."
An init successor should have been designed by someone capable -- not an inexperienced programmer like Poettering with a horrible track record.