[Discuss] systemd Alternatives

[Steve Litt]

Ron said on Sun, 18 Jan 2026 13:20:59 -0800

>Kent Borg wrote on 2026-01-18 06:59:
>
>> I admit I don't know much about systemd, but every time I brush into
>> it it looks complicated and like it is a do-everything mess, built
>> by accretion not design.  
>
>It's not a mess, and it's well designed, not built by accretion.
>
>For a mess, look in the files in /etc/init.d - those scripts are a
>mess¹.

Ron, Ron, Ron. Here you go again, the False Choice fallacy. Runit, s6,
nitro, Shepherd, Epoch, and even OpenRC and Busybox Init are all less
messy than sysvinit or systemd.

SteveT

Steve Litt 

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