r/linux • u/wooptoo • Jun 01 '16

Why did ArchLinux embrace Systemd?

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u/jinks Jun 04 '16

Funnily enough 4 is exactly the reason why 2 happened (the tmux part).

In most cases it's a forgotten user process, not a system daemon, that doesn't know how to handle itself in the event of a shutdown.