Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch

Wed Oct 22 19:13:29 UTC 2014

On 10/22/2014 10:43 AM, C. Jon Larsen wrote:
>
>> Hardly.  The discussion so far has been weighted very heavily on the
>> side of Dana Carvey's "Grumpy Old Man"-style whining. "That's the way
>> it was and we liked it!".
>>
>> The people that like systemd (like myself) have wisely learned that
>> the people that hate systemd, hate it mostly because it's different
>> from what came before and don't want to change.  There's no way to
>> argue rationally with that.
>
> Incorrect assumption. systemd is a massive security hole waiting to 
> happen and it does not follow the unix philosophy of done 1 thing and 
> do it well/correct. 

i was beginning to wonder how secure systemd is also.

--John

> Its basically ignoring 40 years of best practices. Thats why folks 
> that have been there, done that, dont want any part of it. Not because 
> its new, but because its a flawed concept.
>
> You are free to use it, but it would be a poor choice for system that 
> has hopes of being secure.
>
>> -- 
>> Jeff Ollie
>>
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