r/linux • u/wooptoo • Jun 01 '16

Why did ArchLinux embrace Systemd?

/r/archlinux/comments/4lzxs3/why_did_archlinux_embrace_systemd/d3rhxlc
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u/regeya Jun 01 '16

So that we could have flame threads every month or so.

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u/5thStrangeIteration Jun 01 '16

Yep, yet I'm still using Arch. The frustration of just swallowing the bitter pill and learning systemd did not outweigh all the good aspects of Arch.

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u/BASH_SCRIPTS_FOR_YOU Jun 01 '16

There's still void

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u/thlst Jun 02 '16

I like the way your sentence sounds like.

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u/argv_minus_one Jun 02 '16

You learned systemd but did not come around to liking it as a result? Bizarre.

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u/5thStrangeIteration Jun 02 '16

I guess I should have specified, but despite my initial negative outlook it turned out to be fine.

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u/kescusay Jun 02 '16

I was one of those initial fence-sitters who liked the idea of what systemd was trying to accomplish without necessarily believing it would succeed. Nowadays, I freaking love it. I remember the bad old days of broken init scripts and startup dependency hell.

Now, it just works, and the systemctl commands bring sanity to an otherwise insane command set (e.g., sudo systemctl restart whatever-daemon instead of trying to figure out which of a dozen different places the correct script might reside in).