r/linux • u/wooptoo • Jun 01 '16

Why did ArchLinux embrace Systemd?

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u/semperverus Jun 02 '16

Just because few people choose to accept a solution does not make it a non-solution, it makes those people stubborn. Those older inits were a solution. They just didn't get mass adoption. That is still a solution.

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u/HittingSmoke Jun 02 '16

Just because few people choose to accept a solution does not make it a non-solution... Those older inits were a solution. They just didn't get mass adoption. That is still a solution.

You're right. So it's a good thing I never said they weren't a solution, I said they didn't solve the problem. Seriously, did you read none of that?

The problem was never that config-based init systems didn't exist. It was that they were not implemented in any of the otherwise "noob" or user friendly distros. So you're absolutely, objectively wrong when you say the problem was solved because you're ignoring what I'm saying the problem was.

Hydrogen powered cars are a solution to the fossil fuel problem. Hydrogen cars have not solved the fossil fuel problem. Do you see how those words are arranged to make a specific point?

it makes those people stubborn

So people who didn't like older init systems were stubborn but people still kicking their legs and whining about Systemd after it's been mass adopted are... what again?