[Discuss] SysVinit vs. systemd

[Richard Pieri]

On 9/11/2014 6:19 PM, Rich Braun wrote:
> But upon reflection, I'm not quite sure which one is the terrorist, which one
> is the defender of liberty, and which one is the neutral bystander:  sysV
> init, upstart, or systemd?

The problem with this question is that it's the same loaded question
that was on the Debian TC ballot. Which is to say that System V init is
presented as irreparably broken, hating Canonical is an in thing for the
Debian community, OpenRC is BSD-style which Debian abandoned many years
ago, and that leaves systemd as the only viable choice on the list.

Personally, I don't see System V init as being irreparably broken. Or in
fact broken at all. And I don't see any of the alternatives as being
objectively better. They're better at some things but at the cost of
being worse at others.

-- 
Rich P.