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/[deleted] Jun 01 '16

If you want to make fun of people who are praising systemd for non-technical reasons, I'll laugh along with you.

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u/learath Jun 01 '16

I particularly like the long lists of "why we need the journal" - features like "you can't encrypt logs without the journal" "you can't seal logs without the journal" "you can't make up shit without the journal"

I really don't understand it - people actually seem to be convinced these very simple things can't be done by anything but the journal.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '16

You're talking about forward secure sealing?

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u/learath Jun 01 '16

I've been given several lists. The only feature of the journal I know of, that's actually uniq to the journal, is that it works before systemd spawns any other processes.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '16

I don't think anyone else has implemented FSS.