Systemd is incredibly versatile and most people, including myself, are unaware of its full potential. Despite its usefulness, it is often overlooked due to controversy and the current state of things when it comes to software development. Begin today your journey thought Systemd's capabilities and discover how to efficiently manage systems with fewer processes than traditionally used.

After a few conversations with people on Lemmy and other places it became clear to me that most aren’t aware of what it can do and how much more robust it is compared to the usual “jankiness” we’re used to.

In this article I highlight less known features and give out a few practice examples on how to leverage Systemd to remove tons of redundant packages and processes.

And yes, Systemd does containers. :)

  • Sandbag@lemmy.world
    134·
    1 year ago

    How on earth can you say that? Systemd, while not perfect, creates a system that helps newbies come in and understand Linux, helps Linux grow. Afterwards they can shift to a non systemd distro, but systemd provides a valuable tool.

    • TCB13@lemmy.worldOP
      6·
      1 year ago

      Hmm that’s an interesting take on systemd. Not sure if anyone would be pivoting to a non-systemd distro after experiencing it… Well I’ve been using Linux before systemd and I wouldn’t switch back to what we had before simply because it makes my life easier in so many ways.

      But yes, I see how less fragmented and more approachable a systemd distro will look for a beginner.

    • gian @lemmy.grys.itEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      creates a system that helps newbies come in and understand Linux, helps Linux grow.

      Not sure about this.

      A new user probably don’t care (and rightly so) about how a certain service is started or stopped, it just need to work, which was true even before systemd.