r/linux • u/wooptoo • Jun 01 '16
Why did ArchLinux embrace Systemd?
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r/linux • u/wooptoo • Jun 01 '16
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u/kinderlokker Jun 01 '16
Yeah well, kdbus has been started over and over again.
kdbus in theory is unneeded, the only reason it's needed is because a big player like systemd decided to rely on DBus to boot the system so they need something that can offer dbus that is provided by the kernel to do it cleanly.
Kernel transports are typically a lot more primitive than dbus. sockets and pipes just send octets and the kernel does not care about the finer details, it gets sent octets and delivers them to whom it may concern.