Post #2095031

2026-05-06 16:45 UTC

It’s Open Source. Nobody needs to use it, and it’s especially not all-inclusive. That being said, it’s also not new at all as it’s been around in most distros for well over a decade. It has its pros and cons like anything. Your assumption that “freedom” has something to do with Linux writing large is misguided though. You have distros that have communal decision making, and if they find a benefit to systemd, then they’ll use systemd. Don’t use that distro if you don’t like it. There’s your freedom of choice.

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@OppressedBread@lemmy.ml 2026-05-06 17:03

It’s Open Source. Nobody needs to use it I didn’t mention anything about people needing to use it. You have distros that have communal decision making, and if they find a benefit to systemd, then they’ll use systemd. Don’t use that distro if you don’t like it. There’s your freedom of choice. I don’t have an issue with distros using systemd, my issue lies in how major distributions implemented systemd, which created an environment where app developers have to build for the most common init system in mind, you don’t think that’s an issue? having apps only compatible with one init system like how some apps are only compatible with windows, that’s not libre, its still pushing users towards a specific obvious choice

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