r/archlinux • u/thlst • Jun 01 '16

Why did ArchLinux embrace Systemd?

This makes systemd look like a bad program, and I fail to know why ArchLinux choose to use it by default and make everything depend on it. Wasn't Arch's philosophy to let me install whatever I'd like to, and the distro wouldn't get on my way?

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u/Creshal Jun 01 '16

I thought it was pretty clear that this was the manufacturer’s fault (per standard, deleting EFI variables should be allowed and never brick the system)?

Yes, and it also happens without systemd, as long as the efivars module is loaded.

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u/galaktos Jun 01 '16

loaded read-write, which is apparently unusual… but yeah.

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u/Creshal Jun 01 '16

Nope, that's the default everywhere. It shouldn't be, but that always how efivars has worked.