From: Nux Vomica <nv@linux.rocks>
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On Tue, 1 Jul 2025 20:23:37 +0530, Not Necessary wrote:

> 
> For init scripts with generic configurations, they require udev in
> kernel space to manage devices. 
>

No they do not.

They only do so now because of the despotic decisions by the mainstream
distros.  X11 now requires libinput for keyboard/mouse control which
in turn requires udev.

Formerly, udev was only just another option until the mainstream distros
enforced their delusions of "modernity."   

>
> Otherwise, all your devices are static,
>

As they damn well should be.  For a personal workstation static
devices are the most sensible choice.  But the mainstream distros
have managed to quash that choice.


>
> and you've lost the ability to use simple USB drives without
> re-booting!
>

No you haven't.  If one understands how the kernel works it is
very straightforward to develop scripts that can handle "pluggable"
USB devices.

I understand the kernel.  You do not.


>
> Systemd is the successor to udev.
>

No it isn't.  Systemd is an advancement in complexity only for the
sake of an advancement.  Systemd does nothing that many other things
cannot do.  Systemd has only seduced the mainstream distros which,
regrettably, control most of GNU/Linux development.





-- 
Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.