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Hello, Nikos.

On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 08:25:48AM +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:

> > Happy Computer Users, systemd is on your horizon.

> No, we don't.  I hope systemd arrives soon.  It's the best init system I 
> ever saw.

What's so good about it?  What will it do for me?

I have this horrible sneaking suspicion that it will be more complicated
than /sbin/init + OpenRC, just like udev + initramfs is more complicated
than udev, and CUPS is more complicated than classical lpr.

Why do you find it so good?

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).