points by preg_match 1 day ago | 0 comments
It matters if they're separate programs or not, and they are. You can pick and choose, and distros do. Systemd is not a monolith, it just isn't.
[–] cowlevel 1 day ago
[–] gf000 22 hours ago
Are they working together with interdependencies or not?
E.g. explorer.exe is not replaceable on windows so the display server and that is one software. (The kernel is NOT though, because it can surely run in a headless way). It's not that hard of a concept..
[–] cowlevel 21 hours ago
the display server and explorer.exe on windows are much more separated than systemd-init and systemd-journald...
How many pieces of software is nginx or Apache, where every feature is an optional plugin?