If you’re still (relatively) new to Linux and are mostly interested in “just works”, then you simply can’t go wrong with systemd. It has (for better or worse) become the de facto standard on Linux and is therefore often assumed to be present. Hence, actively resisting it might be ‘costly’. Therefore, you should carefully consider whether it’s worth straying from the beaten path. Like, what do you hope to achieve?
As for the elephant in the room, what alternative can even put up a fight? While I’d be the first to admit that systemd’s design ethos leaves a lot to be desired; it’s so feature-rich that I’ve yet to find any distro that puts good use to (almost) all of them. But, including everything and the kitchen sink does make it hard for its competitors to compete whenever it matters; perhaps it’s one of the key reasons why systemd is as reliable as it is OR why attempting to replace systemd on Fedora/NixOS/openSUSE is a nonstarter. (Being founded and funded by Red Hat doesn’t hurt either. Nor does it hurt when its main developer is on Microsoft’s payroll.)
Though, even if I don’t see the likes of OpenRC/runit/sysvinit ever compete with systemd in terms of capabilities, I am cautiously optimistic for dinit and s6.
LOL, who am I kidding, systemd will (probably) only be dethroned whenever its PipeWire/Wayland is introduced.
If you’re still (relatively) new to Linux and are mostly interested in “just works”, then you simply can’t go wrong with systemd. It has (for better or worse) become the de facto standard on Linux and is therefore often assumed to be present. Hence, actively resisting it might be ‘costly’. Therefore, you should carefully consider whether it’s worth straying from the beaten path. Like, what do you hope to achieve?
As for the elephant in the room, what alternative can even put up a fight? While I’d be the first to admit that systemd’s design ethos leaves a lot to be desired; it’s so feature-rich that I’ve yet to find any distro that puts good use to (almost) all of them. But, including everything and the kitchen sink does make it hard for its competitors to compete whenever it matters; perhaps it’s one of the key reasons why systemd is as reliable as it is OR why attempting to replace systemd on Fedora/NixOS/openSUSE is a nonstarter. (Being founded and funded by Red Hat doesn’t hurt either. Nor does it hurt when its main developer is on Microsoft’s payroll.)
Though, even if I don’t see the likes of OpenRC/runit/sysvinit ever compete with systemd in terms of capabilities, I am cautiously optimistic for dinit and s6.
LOL, who am I kidding, systemd will (probably) only be dethroned whenever its PipeWire/Wayland is introduced.this is great information! i’m relatively new, so it is nice to hear from users & not just documentation & what not.