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Is Systemd that bad afterall?
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I guess I'm in the camp if it doing too much. I prefer each program has its own script to run in a more isolated manner from anything else the system does so if one program locks up everything else on the system runs independent from the other software that has stopped responding to system calls.
I partially agree. But on the other hand I like the convenience.
Example: I need to enable ntp client on a machine? Just enable and start the service and done!
You don't need systemd for that. It has always been the case before systemd even existed.
BSD does that without systemd.
I enjoy the seamless experience it offers. I doubt Linux in general could be noticeable faster with better optimized SystemD or with perfect init for speed.
Funnily enough a lack of isolation is exactly what I hated most about the init scripts. Particularly the lack of isolation from the caller's environment, user,...