Re: Is http://boycottsystemd.org/ right? [Was: Is systemd a benefit or a liability? [Was: btrfs :(]]

Erik Christiansen writes:

» systemd [...]represents a monumental increase in complexity, an abhorrent and violent slap in the face to the Unix philosophy, and its inherent domineering and viral nature turns it into something akin to a "second kernel" that is spreading all across the Linux ecosystem. «

ITYM *third* kernel. Linux tarball is 60MB; chromium tarball is *600MB*. And GUI browsers are monolithic -- even down to little things like doing DNS resolution themselves because gethostbyname is "too synchronous".