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by vekntksijdhric 29 days ago
showing a list of bugs and vulnerabilities is not a compelling case against systemd, or it is a compelling case agains every single piece of software.... providing an argument *why* systemd is bad is what I expect
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tim-tday 28 days ago
Agreed. As a previous systemd hater I went there looking for an abstract, high-level argument. I got drivel instead.

One compelling argument I’ve seen is that it tries to be too much which violates the Unix philosophy of small tools doing a single thing well.

After years of using it I have to conclude that it’s here to stay and while not perfect it’s good enough I’m not going through the hell of tearing it out.

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ChocolateGod 28 days ago
> I’ve seen is that it tries to be too much which violates the Unix philosophy of small tools doing a single thing well

Usually the same crowd that makes this complaint about systemd also have a strong affinity to Xorg and dislike to Wayland.

Xorg has a print server among many other things. Adhering to the UNIX philosophy is certainly something it does not.

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uecker 28 days ago
This is about as correct as saying http is bloated because there are printer protocols using REST.
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