On 8/15/23 20:17, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 2023-08-15 19:17, bent fender wrote:
Seeing systemd as a distinct threat to the kernel itself I'll stick with those who are for a choice, but I'm not that interested in convincing anyone of anything.How is systemd a threat to the kernel?
Of course I can't speak for Mr Fender, but I think I know what he was referring to. It's perceived by many that systemd is in violation of the UNIX Philosophy, where programs should do only one thing, but do that one thing very well. Wikipedia has an extensive description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy systemd strives to incorporate many functions into one binary blob. I'm not saying this is necessarily bad, but it's not UNIX. The concern then arises that with an expanding systemd it will encroach farther into kernel territory, that carried to its logical extreme will completely push out the kernel. systemd then becomes the operating system, the thought of which concerns many. I'm not saying I agree with all this, I don't know enough one way or the other. But listening to the complaints over the years has given me this impression. Regards, Lew