Benno Rice: The Tragedy of systemd -- BSDCan 2018
What it is
Benno Rice's BSDCan 2018 talk on why systemd exists and what it got right and wrong. It traces the history of Unix init and why Linux distributions adopted it, while asking what the BSDs should learn.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends it as a balanced, eloquent take on the systemd debate that even skeptics find persuasive.
- 4 people recommended it
- 4 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2018, last 2024
What HN commenters said
“the real issues with rc are much more serious, and eloquently described here”
Eloquent explanation of the real problems with rc init scripts
ernst_klim, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “BSDs or Illumos may be good alternatives to Linux (2017)”
“One of the better videos on this subject”
Balanced talk on why distributions adopted systemd and whether it is bad
sjwright, 2019-05 · Recommendation · in “Linux distros without systemd”
“A nice talk that might change your view of the subject is the following”
BSD conference talk acknowledging systemd has a good reason to exist
znpy, 2019-09 · Recommendation · in “Knoppix 8.6 abandons systemd”
“This is a really good talk.”
Talk on systemd shared for those who have not seen it
kbumsik, 2019-10 · Recommendation · in “Why Did ArchLinux Embrace Systemd? (2016)”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: systemd, bsd, init scripts, unix history, linux distributions
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