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Having choice is the best part of Linux, but Systemd is something so ubiquitous to Linux that it might as well be called Systemd/Linux instead of GNU/Linux.
When you think of it like that, it feels much less like a bloated behemoth that needs to be de-monopolised and more like an integral piece of the puzzle that is turning the Linux kernel into an functional operating system.
systemd-kerneld 😜
systems always implies Linux, but Linux doesn't necessarily imply systemd.
I always try to cover most of my stack with systemd components because they actually tend to be quite sane with a very transparent configuration. It's no surprise a lot of distributions picked it up. As you said, it does exactly that, make an OS based on Linux easily available. Sure you can do the same with a variety of other tools, but just letting systemd do the heavy lifting for you sure is tempting.
That doesn't mean it's the only choice. I'd love to try Chimera Linux one day which doesn't include systemd (in fact it doesn't include a lot of stuff most other distributions do) but it ticks a lot of boxes for many.
systemd is great, but being disingenious isn't helping anyone:
chrony -> sd-timesyncd [...] one less daemon
just because it ships with systemd doesn't mean it magically runs without it's own process
chrony -> sd-timesyncd […] one less daemon
Thanks for pointing that out, it was out of place. :)
Pretty sure that's how the Steam Deck runs also. At least every custom OS I've seen for it is just a ContainerFile and systemd-boot
And yes, Systemd does containers. :)
Are systemd duplicates such as containers and systemd-boot are better than the existing ?
Very cool. I had no idea systemd sort of has a cron replacement. While in I don't think I'll switch from cron in the immediate future, it's really good to know.
ah soft reboot ive been waiting for something like that
All of this shit packed in is why it sucks. Do one thing and do it well. Try setting up a script to run on boot that doesn't stop executing until you want to turn your pc off and watch all traces of sanity drain from your being. Now try it on freebsd. Much much easier
Systemd together with NetworkManager are two pieces of software I really dislike. They go against the very Unix philosophy. I like being able to piece all the bricks together on my own, not having monolithic pieces of software that try to do everything.
Eh, they work for me. To each their own.