List of articles critical of systemd
From Without Systemd
- Systemd invasion into Linux Server space (Dec 2018)
- systemd: Please, No, Not Like This (Oct 2017)
- systemd pitfalls (July 2017)
- systemd sucks (experience of galexander) (Apr 2017)
- Why I dislike systemd (Jun 2015) -- a very good high level overview
- EWONTFIX - Broken by design: systemd (Feb 2014)
- EWONTFIX - systemd has 6 service startup notification types, and they're all wrong (Feb 2014)
- systemd: The Biggest Fallacies (Sep 2014)
- Debian Bug #762194 "Automatic switch to systemd on wheezy->jessie upgrades"
- "On the architecture of systemd, I have a legitimate concern with the scope..." article, plus infographic
- Erosion of Choice?
- Combatting revisionist history (debian forum: 2015)
- Debian init system debate: arguments against systemd (and upstart)
- systemd: harbinger of the linux apocalypse infoworld.com article
- (anti) systemd articles by Steve Litt
- Laurent Bercot's (anti) systemd page
- preserve freedom of choice of init systems*
- The bad side of systemd: two recent systemd failures
- "...There are several problems with systemd unrelated to code quality..."
- systemd is the best example of Suck (explained by suckless.org)
- Patrick's playground - systemd propaganda: It's a crap!
- Fast boot? in-the-wild discussion (workarounding slow OOTB systemd boot) "Performance tuning the boot process"
- Open letter to the Linux World
- an experience shared by software engineer on systemd
- systemd Or Poettering, Name Your Poison
- another list of technical points explaining why systemd is bad (by boycottsystemd.org)
- Ts’o and Linus And The Impotent Rage Against systemd
- A realization that I recently came to while discussing the whole systemd controversy (by Theodore Ts'o)
- systemd Forward Secure Sealing of System Logs Makes Little Sense
- journald and rsyslog
- What I don't like about journald / Linux Journal
- Top 5 systemd troubles - a strategic view for distros
- Lamest Vendor Response 2017 #PwnieAwards goes to Lennart Poettering for systems f*ckups photo
- Structural and semantic deficiencies in the systemd architecture for real-world service management, a technical treatise
- systemd requiring CAP_SYS_ADMIN weakening container safety in coreOS/rkt
- Problems with systemd and Why I like BSD Init (by Randy Westlund)
- Debian Bug #668001 "debootstrap: cant install systemd instead of sysvinit" (2014 mailing list thread, 100+ msgs)
- "systemd" and "zeitgeist" daemons as great security risks
- A timesyncd total failure and systemd's complete lack of debugability (Aug 2018)
- Systemd's DynamicUser feature is (currently) dangerous
- Local copy of boycottsystemd.org archive
- non-English and multimedia presentations (external links)
Articles / HowTos / Tutorials instructing removal of systemd from affected distros
- How to Prevent systemd Installation guide for users of various affected distros
- The Manjaro Experiments
- Arch Linux, systemd-free comprehensive guide for an Arch/Arch-derivative systemd-free setup (and a 35sec proof-of-concept video demonstration)
- Using OpenRC on Arch / Archbang / Manjaro Linux
- An easy way to migrate Antergos (Openbox) from systemd to OpenRC (Aug 2017)
- Life without systemd Guide from BusyBox to replace systemd with runit on, say, a Fedora machine
- How to remove systemd from a Debian Stretch installation
- How to remove systemd from a Debian jessie/sid installation
- How to remove systemd from an Ubuntu Xenial installation
See also
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