Re: Linux: concerns over systemd adoption and Debian's decision to switch

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () meetinghouse net>]

Randy wrote:
> I've enjoyed kernel hot patches (ksplice) until now.
>
> So my primary concern is that updates to systemd appears to require a 
> full reboot:
>
> http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=300166
>
> Is systemd really like a 2nd 'kernel' -- demanding mass reboots every 
> time a security issue is discovered?

Well, in the sense that:
- it starts out as PID1 and really, really, wants to take over lots of 
low level functions, it sure looks like it's trying to be a 2nd kernel

Miles Fidelman



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