• GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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      It does have disadvantages. The only real advantage of it is the completeness of system administration tools. Since they aren’t that much needed on a phone and the performance of that class of devices is not groundbreaking, using another init system is a good idea. Though it depends on what the specific user wants of course. As long as there is a way to change the init system, it shouldn’t be a problem

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            Systemd was created to allow parallel initialization, which other init systems lacked. If you want proof that one processor core is slower than one + n, you don’t need to compare init systems to do that.

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              I’ve never heard of that. I only heard that other init systems usually have better performance. And well even if it’s not the case, security is another massive concern

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                I mean, sysvinit was just a bunch of root-executed bash scripts. I’m not sure if systemd is really much worse.

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      Systemd is the standard for a reason.

      1. bad build process
      2. ignoring best practice
      3. RedHat forcing it on the planet
      4. people forgetting that every deliverable of systemd is a lie.