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Re:Knoppix 8.6 abandons systemd by cesarb on Sunday September 01, 2019 @12:05PM (#20852973)
Aren't systemd units simple text files with no hidden magic? In fact, all systemd configuration is plain text files and symbolic links. The only binary format is the journal.
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Re:Knoppix 8.6 abandons systemd by csande17 on Sunday September 01, 2019 @12:33PM (#20853140)
> Aren't systemd units simple text files with no hidden magic?

Compared to something like a shell script, systemd unit files are magic because you have to know a lot about how systemd works to figure out how your config file translates into actual behavior.

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Re:Knoppix 8.6 abandons systemd by eythian on Monday September 02, 2019 @03:27AM (#20857357)
I think learning systemd configs is substantially easier than learning an entire awkward programming language.
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