[SuperNinKenDo]

Took me a while to read through so I could come back and comment.

I've got to say, this is probably the best single explainer of the basics of systemd I've read.

I've only recently started fiddling with systemd extensively since I had my Linux-coming-of-age prior to its widespread adoption. I've got to be honest. I've found the experience very confusing and disorientating. The man pages feel really terse, even by manpage standards, and all the information is heavily split up so it's quite difficult to build a mental model of the full system IMO.

Somethint like this would have been magic before, but it was still really helpful to me now with the way it explained things, I feel like it took me most of the way from cargo culting, into more understanding.

Great write-up!