While systemd has succeeded in its original goals, it’s not stopping there. systemd is becoming the Svchost of Linux — which I don’t think most Linux folks want.

So what do Linux's leaders think of all this? I asked them and this is what they told me. Linus Torvalds said: "I don't actually have any particularly strong opinions on systemd itself.

I despise systemd. They took a simple-ish problem and made it insanely difficult. It just gets more and more complex with every passing month, and doesn't even offer that many benefits. It's ...

Why do people hate systemd? systemd has caused an almost unending amount of controversy in the Linux community. Some Linux users have been unyielding in their opposition to systemd, while others ...

After nearly two years of development, Debian 8 “Jessie” is ready for download.It’s an open source GNU/Linux operating system designed for use on a wide range of hardware and developed by ...

Now all the systemd devs need to add is the Registry and they will have achieved Win95 “perfection”…on top of the Linux kernel, no less! Oh, the ironies… Report comment ...

Systemd is an important part of the underlying Linux system. This handy tool essentially manages all running systems and services and runs as root from the kernel underneath everything the user ...

It’s official: Ubuntu is the latest Linux distribution to switch to systemd. After a civil war in Debian that spawned a fork named Devuan, Ubuntu has now flipped the switch. Ubuntu announced ...

Some may remember that the Linux naming convention was a controversy that raged from the late 1990s until about the end of the first decade of the 21st century. Back then, if you called it "Linux", ...