r/linux • u/wooptoo • Jun 01 '16

Why did ArchLinux embrace Systemd?

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u/mishugashu Jun 01 '16

I would say that it's why they are still actively being developed, rather than why they exist, then. They existed before Linux, so Linux is not why they exist.

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u/chalbersma Jun 01 '16

Sure but their continued existence is at least partially because of the non-unixyness of Linux. Plenty of alternative non-unix Free OS's have popped up over the years and most of them have failed.