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Should i switch from systemd to another init system, What are the advantages of using another init system? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I have seen so many times that systemd is insecure, bloated, etc. So i wonder ¿does it worth to switch to another init system?

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[–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I would be interested in understanding how the hell it's such a big issue, honestly. Even if we generously assume that runit boots 5 times as fast as systemd, on modern systems it makes like a few seconds difference, which... who cares? Who goes around constantly rebooting their shit so many times a day that those 5 seconds they save per boot add up to any significant amount of time?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    If you don’t care, good for you; I do care though.

    And you can generously assume whatever you want but with systemd I sometimes (across multiple OS’s and machines) had random boots which took way over 5x my current boot time (not to mention extremely long shutdowns, more than 2-3 minutes sometimes compared to less than 2-3 seconds now).

    I know this stuff can be analyzed and fixed with tools provided by the systemd project, but I never had to fix anything with runit.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    Calm down, I only said I was curious!

    I'm on Fedora so I'm unlikely to be switching from systemd for my main system, I have very little interest in switching init's and I'll use the one that comes with my distro but people talking it up makes me wonder.

    As for rebooting, my couch gaming system gets started and shut down for each session because it could be days/weeks between use so shaving 10 seconds off the start up time is an interesting concept. Although I could probably do better just replacing the grub delay that HoloISO added for some unknown reason.

    Why are you so invested in systemd that you have to project your values on other people?

    Besides, different approaches can be educational and solutions to improve performance can always be reincorporated into systemd to improve life for everyone.

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