Systemd is pretty cool honestly
I don't hate systemd, but I prefer OpenRC and usually use it on my Debian systems. My preference is purely vibes based though, and I think most of the anti-systemd arguments in common usage are a bit silly.
My biggest problem with systemd is that Red Hat has basically used it to push their-way-or-the-highway on many Linux distros. That said, in many situations systemd is better than what came before. Except systemd-networkd. It's a PITA as far as I'm concerned.
I see why that may not be an ideal position in an ideological sense, where every distro uses the same thing, but i see it the other way around: it's a way to finally attempt to standardize Linux desktops. Having a standard desktop is crucial for mainstream adoption, because developers won't bother supporting 4837 different combinations of software. This is the reason I am really excited for the future with flatpak, xdg-portals, systemd, pipewire, Wayland etc etc. This way the distro is no longer the platform, it's the distro agnostic software stack that becomes the target platform. For example there's no longer a need to support KDE's file picker, and gnome's file picker and xfce's, you can just call the portal and it will (should) display a file picker. And if the user doesn't have a supported environment (which the vast majority don't) then the burden is on them for being different I guess :p
systemd-network is great on servers. I use it on every machine that isn't on wifi
My thoughts on systemd:
It's one of the init systems of all time.
it makes my computer start. that’s pretty neat I think
I like the way I can make the timeout 0 so I don't even need to think about it doing its job :)
SystemD works great, but the corporations and politics behind it will ruin Linux if they fully take over. They are already optimizing heavily for IoT just because IBM is heavily focused on IoT
I'm pretty sure IBM hasn't focussed on IoT in a long time
(In the sense that I used to work there and know they've both reduced investment in, and fully removed, some parts of their portfolio regarding IoT)
Just search IBM IoT and look at IBM acquisitions in the last decade.
Everyone "used to work for that company" on the internet. And even if you used to work there it doesn't mean you know anything about their business. IBM is more of a Holding now. Like Volkswagen. Just because someone works at audi it doesn't mean they know anything about Lamborghini.
https://unixdigest.com/articles/the-real-motivation-behind-systemd.html
journalctl and binary logging are annoying bullshit.
Amen.
Anyone got a good tutorial/guide fir SystemD?
Figure I may as well try to wrap my head around it if it's supposedly going to murder me in my sleep or whatever.
@pewgar_seemsimandroid systemd has a lot of really good things...
But it's too complex for init process and even too complex for service manager. Many solib dependencies causes long start, big memory footprint and possibe security issues. Many things might be implemented in some separate services, running with restricted permissions and optionally disabled.
initng was very similar to systemd, but was very simple and very much fasterrunit entering the chat
I dislike journalctl more than systemd. And I don't get what's the advantage of systemctl vs previous solutions, why would that of all things make one reconsider.
I miss rc.local and crontabs. Now if you excuse me I have a cloud to yell at.
The only advantage I see is that it actually seems to keep a better handle on the status of the process/service. The old-style unit scripts would often get out of sync and not realize that a process had died, or if they did they would repeatedly respawn a service that would just die again. Maybe that was less of a problem in later years than I experienced earlier, but it was there.
The whole init.d system felt very ad-hoc with every script working a little bit differently, giving different output styles, etc.
Fair enough.
{insert IBM conspiracy here}
The Nazis will overtake us, one red hat at a time
I've used both runnit and systemD and I prefer systemD. Nothing against runnit and I love Void Linux.
Well, I think that if declarative configuration is what you're looking for, the GNU Guix distro with its GNU Shepherd init system might be a more pertinent solution than SystemD
Hell yea +1 for shepherd.
Declarativity on steroids.
