Re: The Tragedy Of systemd

Phillip Frabott <nntp@fulltermprivacy.com> wrote:

Is there anything else other then Systemd and InitV?

There are lots of 'em. OpenRC is another common default for
distros.

Here's a list, but not complete:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Comparison_of_init_systems

Also Busybox has a clone of SysV init, and OpenWrt has their own
"procd" system.

Now, I'll give everyone this, most people don't think about "Why Systemd
vs Why InitV" when they build their systems and if they don't have a
distro that gives them a choice then sure, they are going to choose
whatever their distro comes with (I hate distro's BTW. Build your own
source or go home is my take, but I digress).

Well I started taking Systemd with the distros, then I had to
actually change something with it and experienced the appalling
design, then I made the effort to switch everything back to SysVinit
(I found Devuan, with its separate package repos, far more reliable
than AntiX as a Systemd-free version of Debian). My reasons had
already been stated, and argued against, by others at that point.
No reason for me to go into them now.

I don't think it's a bad thing that we have 2 systems to choose from.
Each has it's place. Personally, I'd love to see at least 3 more options
but I don't think that will happen any time soon.

Systemd is an obscenely complicated way to do an init system, but
there's nothing about it that needs to be complicated. It does a
simple job at heart and new alternatives aren't hard to make (or
find).

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