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systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success (blog.tjll.net)
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[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

Nobody is packaging a standard init script across all distros, basically. A script is expected to be unique per machine or at least per admin setting up a set of machines. A binary could have a secret exploit installed in it that nobody can see/audit before it's too late.

At least that's the theory. Personally I love systemd