this post was submitted on 25 May 2026
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It's less that and just the absolute ridiculous scope creep of systemd. Again it was meant to just replace init. All it needs to do is boot the kernel and run at launch services, and people disagree on that last part.
It shouldn't be basically a second layer to the kernel in both application and necessity.
systemd is a name for a set of modular tools. That would be like saying that GNU is scope creeping and should stay in their lane.
Systemd should've stayed in its lane instead of wildly taking up the whole road like an entitled asshole.