It’s systemd or bust because it’s so much better than any other init system.
Also, your post glosses over the biggest issues people have with systemd. The lead developer was a complete fucking asshole and rubbed people the wrong way. Imo, that’s where most of the hate stems. The guy was a tool and the initial backlash spiraled from there.
But I guess being a jerk and being a sea-changing dev go hand-in-hand. Eg stallman, Torvalds, etc
Also, my favorite thing about the gnu diehards complaining that systemd does too much and doesn’t follow the unix principals… Emacs enters the chat. It also enters the email, text editor, ide, etc.
I did not want to bring up Poettering’s assholery because I did not want to stoop down that low to a personal attack. Some people might like his attitude, some people might not. I find Stallman a generally cool guy despite his stubborn dumb views on some things, but we all have flaws.
systemd might be better than any other init system at being an init system, but that does not excuse everything else I mentioned. I even did say that it is good software on a technical level. Additionally, if it only was an init system, there would not nearly be as many detractors as they are now. Besides, OpenRC and runit are at a very mature stage now and I use Devuan as a daily driver without any issue or having to dig around init scripts.
The difference is that Emacs does not actually include that much. Those are entirely optional modules and add-ons. It is a text editor with customizable macros, a script-extendable editor, nothing more. Just because the “meme” is that Emacs does everything does not make it true. It’s quite focused by default.
It’s systemd or bust because it’s so much better than any other init system.
Also, your post glosses over the biggest issues people have with systemd. The lead developer was a complete fucking asshole and rubbed people the wrong way. Imo, that’s where most of the hate stems. The guy was a tool and the initial backlash spiraled from there.
But I guess being a jerk and being a sea-changing dev go hand-in-hand. Eg stallman, Torvalds, etc
Also, my favorite thing about the gnu diehards complaining that systemd does too much and doesn’t follow the unix principals… Emacs enters the chat. It also enters the email, text editor, ide, etc.