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After a few conversations with people on Lemmy and other places it became clear to me that most aren't aware of what it can do and how much more robust it is compared to the usual "jankiness" we're used to.

In this article I highlight less known features and give out a few practice examples on how to leverage Systemd to remove tons of redundant packages and processes.

And yes, Systemd does containers. :)

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[–] TCB13 6 points 1 year ago

Hmm that's an interesting take on systemd. Not sure if anyone would be pivoting to a non-systemd distro after experiencing it... Well I've been using Linux before systemd and I wouldn't switch back to what we had before simply because it makes my life easier in so many ways.

But yes, I see how less fragmented and more approachable a systemd distro will look for a beginner.