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by digi_owl 3999 days ago
More like defending the init part of systemd, but still mentioning personality issues with certain people involved with the project.

Sadly most of these debates gloss over that systemd has long since grown past being just a init replacement.

It has sprouted tentacles all over Linux userspace, and all of them are tightly connected to systemd sitting as init-in-chief.

Thus updating some higher level part of userspace, say the Desktop Environment, may well result in your Linux install getting a init-ectomy via the dependencies chain.