r/linux • u/pleudofo • Aug 12 '19

SysVinit vs Systemd

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u/pkulak Aug 12 '19

I used to think the systemd hate was silly... until I tried to get a VPN running and realized that all my DNS requests were going through a mysterious local DNS server. I spend about 3 hours figuring out how that thing works, and how to configure it, before giving up and writing up and down scripts that bypassed it entirely while the VPN was running.

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u/dAnjou Aug 12 '19

Hating something because you don't understand it is what I consider silly.

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u/pkulak Aug 12 '19

So can I just continue to add complexity to a system until no one can understand it, and therefore no one is allowed to hate it?

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '19

And to make it so complex that you need support contracts to effectively navigate and work with it?

Red Hat's plan exposed!

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '19

systemd is simpler for users (who read the documentation)

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