I have seen so many times that systemd is insecure, bloated, etc. So i wonder ¿does it worth to switch to another init system?

  • @patatahooligan
    22•9 months ago

    systemd is insecure, bloated, etc

    [Citation needed]

    If a distro that doesn’t use systemd ends up booting much faster or being much easier to configure, maybe those are features you care about. But switching away from systemd in this case is merely an implementation detail. What you’re really doing is moving from a distro to another one that serves you better.

    Otherwise, the choice of init system has very little impact to the average user. Maybe it’s worth it to switch init systems if you hate the syntax of unit files and/or the interface of systemctl/journalctl and you use them often enough to warrant the effort. The people who want to use alternatives to systemd without having such a practical issue with it are doing so for philosophical reasons.

      • @patatahooligan
        1•9 months ago

        These are terrible sources. 3 random CVEs and opinions of randoms on the internet. The “sources” conflate arguments about systemd as an init system with the non-init parts and with criticisms of Poettering, and a lot of it is “this is bad” with no argument or, worse, incorrect arguments. If there is anything in there that actually proves something, link directly to it. I’m not going to shift through mountains of garbage to find it.