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Systemd position statement

Systemd is becoming the de facto standard init system for Linux. Fedora, OpenSuSE and Arch have already made the choice to use it, and it is getting excellent upstream support for a growing number of packages.

Pros

Cons

Systemd vs. sysvinit/insserv

Systemd vs. Upstart

Systemd vs. OpenRC

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