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growse

> Exactly. So why is it part of your init system?

Is it?

Systemd is not an init system. One component of systemd is an init. There are other components.

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And that is why people hate systemd. Legitimately one of the worst software projects in existence.

People hate it because one part of it is designed to run as pid 1? I don't follow.

(People hate systemd? They hate a piece of software? Eesh)

Yes, I certainly do hate systemd. Its pid has nothing to do with it.

What has to do with it is people being unable to tell you why it contains a virtualization manager. In fact the response "it is not an init system" tells you pretty much everything. It is a terrible piece of software, which has completely lost all focus.

I hope you get to a happier, less angry place in your life where you no longer hate an inanimate piece of software.

I hope you get to a friendlier, more enlightened place in your life where you no longer feel the need to retreat from your lack of an actual argument into supercilious snark disguised as patronising benevolence.

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