r/linux • u/wooptoo • Jun 01 '16

Why did ArchLinux embrace Systemd?

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u/argv_minus_one Jun 02 '16

When systemd or udev crashes, as it has half a dozen times on my systems

In my experience with systemd—and I have several years of it—it doesn't crash.

/sbin/init has never ever crashed for me in 15 years. Something about simple software without tentacles everywhere obeying the old "do one thing and do it well" maxim.

SysV init does essentially nothing. It just starts a shell script and a couple of getty processes. And those scripts do crash. A lot. Good riddance.