Been using systemd for at least 6 year now, and yes it is indeed quite stable.
But making startup services is hot garbage, and accessing system logs is even worse. journalctl is an unapproachable mess, and I really don’t like the idea that systemd is kind of slowly replacing the linux kernel in its entirety.
It doesnt affect my day to day as a normal user, but when I switch to power user mode its… It makes maintaining my system very unenjoyable.
For me personally systemd is much better especially for services and logs. It creates a consistent environment and provides lots of features like sandboxing and failure detection. I really don’t like how some software dumps random logs everywhere and having a proper database is nice. Journalctl is tricky to learn but it is nicer than trying to manage text files.
We literally have /var/log/ as a well-known standard though. Almost every piece of linux-standard software dumps to a subfolder by the app name in there. Systemd should at the very least have the capability to mirror there so you can get at the logs in a sane way.
Been using systemd for at least 6 year now, and yes it is indeed quite stable.
But making startup services is hot garbage, and accessing system logs is even worse.
journalctlis an unapproachable mess, and I really don’t like the idea that systemd is kind of slowly replacing the linux kernel in its entirety.It doesnt affect my day to day as a normal user, but when I switch to power user mode its… It makes maintaining my system very unenjoyable.
For me personally systemd is much better especially for services and logs. It creates a consistent environment and provides lots of features like sandboxing and failure detection. I really don’t like how some software dumps random logs everywhere and having a proper database is nice. Journalctl is tricky to learn but it is nicer than trying to manage text files.
We literally have /var/log/ as a well-known standard though. Almost every piece of linux-standard software dumps to a subfolder by the app name in there. Systemd should at the very least have the capability to mirror there so you can get at the logs in a sane way.
I can’t say I agree but I see where you are coming from.