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> Systemd is the opposite. It is inflexible and clunky, monolithic and proprietary

The other points can be debated, but please don't call it proprietary. It is free software as in "freedom" (LGPL).

It is indeed proprietary because it does indeed have an owner. But I use the word in the context of its design and implementation, which is basically that of the not so benevolent dictator, or the possessive or territorial.

> It is indeed proprietary because it does indeed have an owner.

You are using the term proprietary incorrectly, probably out of simple ignorance. The software does not have an "owner" who has power of the users; the LGPL means all users have complete control over the software.

Please read this carefully before spreading more misinformation:

https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/proprietary.en.html

I'm aware of the definition of proprietary software. I'm not using that form of the word.

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