If systemd is "a crap load of shit" than what are all those other init systems that are worse? Distro maintainers probably don't like having to fiddle with broken shell scripts and reinventing the wheel for the 1000th time; systemd solves that problem. DE developers got a consistent and sane way to handle a lot of session management and other plumbing instead of hacky shell scripts. Systemd provides something that the people who build and maintain stuff need and that is why it is popular.
Providing endless permutations of choice is a huge burden, especially for such intricate and complex functionality, so I fully understand why it is not provided.
Providing endless permutations of choice is a huge burden, especially for such intricate and complex functionality, so I fully understand why it is not provided.
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