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Re:Systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @03:19PM (#44513834)
> Even ChromeOS uses it, even on devices that still use Upstart.

I was curious about this, because I thought journald hard required systemd as pid 1, so I did a search, which promptly turned up https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-library/refer... -

> Jounald is deprecated and is about to be removed.

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Re:Systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success by NewJazz on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @10:25PM (#44516627)
Hmm couldn't exactly tell when it was removed, but it looks like it lasted maybe 3-4 years. This is the commit that added it to the upstart config.

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform2/+/870...

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Re:Systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success by yjftsjthsd-h on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @10:34PM (#44516670)
Fascinating. An initscript for journald is a special kind of cursed that I didn't expect to read today:)
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