Message-ID: <6705a683@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: The Tragedy Of systemd Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: User-Agent: tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 9 Oct 2024 07:39:16 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 38 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Bytes: 2300 Phillip Frabott wrote: > Is there anything else other then Systemd and InitV? There are lots of 'em. OpenRC is another common default for distros. Here's a list, but not complete: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Comparison_of_init_systems Also Busybox has a clone of SysV init, and OpenWrt has their own "procd" system. > Now, I'll give everyone this, most people don't think about "Why Systemd > vs Why InitV" when they build their systems and if they don't have a > distro that gives them a choice then sure, they are going to choose > whatever their distro comes with (I hate distro's BTW. Build your own > source or go home is my take, but I digress). Well I started taking Systemd with the distros, then I had to actually change something with it and experienced the appalling design, then I made the effort to switch everything back to SysVinit (I found Devuan, with its separate package repos, far more reliable than AntiX as a Systemd-free version of Debian). My reasons had already been stated, and argued against, by others at that point. No reason for me to go into them now. > I don't think it's a bad thing that we have 2 systems to choose from. > Each has it's place. Personally, I'd love to see at least 3 more options > but I don't think that will happen any time soon. Systemd is an obscenely complicated way to do an init system, but there's nothing about it that needs to be complicated. It does a simple job at heart and new alternatives aren't hard to make (or find). -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#