| - Some Linux users aren't fans of super-projects. - Some Linux users really like modularity and composability ("do one thing") to the point of considering it a core tenet of unix-alikes overall. - Systemd is perceived as being a super-project that is not practically modular and composable (though it may hypothetically be so) - Some see systemd and related activity in Gnome and elsewhere as Red Hat bullying their way into excessive control over the direction of Linux. - Mistrust of Poettering and the general attitude and competence of developers on the project—some of this hostility dates back to pulse audio, another Poettering/Red-Hat project that was seen by many as technically deficient, led by people with excessive hubris without the know-how or taste to back it up, and excessively/unjustifiably promoted by Red Hat and Poettering through political maneuvering. - Concern that due to all of the above it represents: a power-grab by a single actor over Linux; a risk to Linux security and stability; and a risk to the future maintainability of, and practical transparency to the user of, Linux due to the scope, complexity, and architecture of the project, coupled with its heavy dependence on a single benefactor. |
That’s why Linux itself is a micro kernel. Oh wait… ;)