Mastodawn

TCB13 Aug 10, 2023

Systemd: Hidden Gems for a Better Linux

Systemd: Hidden Gems for a Better Linux - Lemmy.world

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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hansmeiser666 Aug 10, 2023

systemd is cancer.

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Thorned_Rose Aug 10, 2023

Ah yes, a piece of software that people can choose to use or not use is just like an unexpected, devastating disease that no one their right mind would ever choose to have and that causes huge amounts of suffering and can be incredibly difficult or impossible to treat.

Yep, cancer patients and survives totally think having cancer is just like using systemd. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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hansmeiser666 Aug 10, 2023

Except you’re NOT free to choose, every major distro shoves it into your face

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GlowHuddy

Thinking about it from your point of view, maybe MS was right and Linux is a cancer too. Technically it behaves similarly to systemd, since most Unixes are actually Linuxes nowadays (excluding BSD ofc, but they are still in the minority, similarly to alternatives to systemd). It even is a binary blob as well!

Should every distro use/develop a different kernel? Should we focus our resources on providing alternatives and again have a multitude of different Unix versions, every incompatible with each other? Isn’t it better that we have this solid foundation and make it as good as it can be?

Overall I think standardization of init is not so bad, just like adopting the Linux kernel was. It is actually quite nice that you can hop from distro to distro and know what to expect from such a basic thing as init process.

Anyways, in Linux land you actually have a possibility to replace it. Granted, it is not as easy, however there are plenty of distros that allow you to ditch systemd in favor of something else.