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it did, but systemd is not the silver bullet that will fix it.

"It's often said that a half-truth is worse than a lie. In the case of systemd, a half-improvement is worse than a complete flop. People are focusing on the features they want to use and ignoring the ones that will come back to bite them later.

No, my biggest problem with systemd is that it is repeating the mistakes of System V all over again. It's just given them a change of clothes to appeal to the 21st century."

rest the rest at: http://www.steven-mcdonald.id.au/articles/systemd.shtml

for the debunking of the necessity of having journald see http://lpar.ath0.com/2014/05/18/why-i-dont-like-systemd/



I wrote the first full scale technical critique of systemd, so you don't have to tell me all that. I've read the articles, btw.


Sorry if I have bothered you, I wasn't replying directly to you but was actually aiming at adding a complement to your answer.




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