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majewsky on May 4, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Systemd, ten years later: a historical and technic...

Technically (and I think this is what this thread's misunderstanding is coming from), this is not systemd being simple. It's systemd being easy.

Simplicity is an intrinsic property of a product, describing that it solves a problem without needing many parts. Easiness is a property of the product's user experience, describing that it can be used without much training.

squeed on May 4, 2020 [–]

Systemd reflects the underlying system it is meant to support: the Linux kernel. And the Linux kernel is neither easy nor complex.

That Systemd can make the mania of Linux knobs usable is, IMHO, a huge achievement.

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