Post #3753436
2026-07-12 04:13 UTC
Systemd is feature-rich but controversial. Its monolithic design bundles service management, logging, networking, device management, and more into a single codebase exceeding 1.4 million lines of code.
That is a gross misrepresentation of systemd…
It’s like saying GNU coreutils is monolithic because all of the individual tools combined are bundled together.
Systemd is comprised of many individual applications.
Replies (1)
-
@dropdrip@lemmy.ml 2026-07-12 05:52
Even systemd-less distros need to implement ‘fake’ systemd components. It’s like a cancer. No one’s using sub-components of systemd without systemd. It is a monolithic thing.