Hi all, As I said in a previous message, I see sentiment very slowly turning against systemd. If systemd keeps losing popularity, I have no doubt the corporate carpetbaggers will try to force an even worse atrocity on us, so we need to be ready this time and not have the argument centered on a false choice.
I see two init systems ready to take the baton and run with it: * Runit * S6 Runit is the simplest init system other than /bin/bash or an rc script. It's maintained by the Void Linux project, so hit hard at the FUDdists who claim runit is unmaintained. S6 is advancing full speed to a complete solution, implementing all the best features of systemd, but these features are voluntary and separable. If you want top quality, choice and performance, and are willing to accept a little more complexity (but sane complexity), S6 plus its service manager is the way to go. In my opinion, S6 plus its service manager offers more than OpenRC, and IMHO it's easier to configure/manage. If and when systemd falls, we need to be ready, so we can get the right init system, instead yet another corporate sponsored Rube Goldberg Machine. SteveT
