[pikrzyszto]

From https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ :

> Because it's a system daemon, and under Unix/Linux those are in lower case, and get suffixed with a lower case d. And since systemd manages the system, it's called systemd.

> Système D is not an acceptable spelling and something completely different (though kinda fitting).

Wikipedia says that it somehow relates to Systeme D, but they don't have any good references for it.

[em-bee]

but they do have a good reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd#cite_note-control-cent...

which eventually leads to https://web.archive.org/web/20130114034246/http://0pointer.d...

System D [in French, Système D] is a shorthand term that refers back to the French word débrouillard[1]. The verb se débrouiller means "to untangle." [...]

That sounds just about perfect to be honest "untangling the boot process" - yes please.

so the name wasn't directly inspired by System D, but the relationship was noted and approved of.

[emmelaich]

But that line is from a comment by "sam" to that article.

So, really nothing do with Poettering et al.

[loeg]

Wikipedia claims the name was inspired by, though, which is inaccurate.