On 07/07/2014 07:47 PM, Always Learning wrote: > Reading about systemd, it seems it is not well liked and reminiscent of > Microsoft's "put everything into the Windows Registry" (Win 95 onwards). > > Is there a practical alternative to omnipresent, or invasive, systemd ? > So you are following the thread on the Fedora list? I have been ignoring it. Best I can tell is learn it and use it. And if you have any services, fix them so that they work with systemd. I work with one that does not and it is very slow to complete its startup.