[lotsofcows]

systemctl: I don't think anyone cares about a change of command name / syntax, it's the removal of flexible, small, readable, plain text files that is the problem. That the underlying init system of linux no longer follows the linux philosophy boggles the mind.

[frio]

I have to disagree. I've written some stupidly big init.d scripts in my time. Replacing them with:

    [Unit]
    Description=My dumb script
    
    [Service]
    Exec=/usr/local/bin/dumb-script

And no longer caring about PIDs, forking, etc. has been very refreshing.

I agree, however, that systemd feels too monolithic, and I question the wisdom behind journald.

[pling]

Yes they reinvented some text files as the NT event log...

TBH the first thing I do is ship the logs off the box so journald seems a waste of space.