From 487e936f3e9d739d300eb31855c9231f8768205b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Ambo Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:02:01 +0100 Subject: Add slides for criticism & adoption --- slides.pdfpc | 10 ++++++++++ slides.tex | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ systemdcomponents.png | Bin 0 -> 233143 bytes 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 systemdcomponents.png diff --git a/slides.pdfpc b/slides.pdfpc index 971f40eee5ab..1e20478f77ad 100644 --- a/slides.pdfpc +++ b/slides.pdfpc @@ -67,3 +67,13 @@ systemd-analyze is used for figuring out performance issues, for example by anal systemd-cgtop is like top, but not on a process level - it's on a cgroup/slice level, shows combined usage of cgroups systemd-cgls lists contents of systemd's cgroups to see which services are in what group there also exist a bunch of others that we'll skip for now +### 13 +### 14 +### 15 +Systemd criticism comes from many directions and usually focuses on a few points +feature-creep: systemd is absorbing a lot of different services +### 16 +explain diagram a bit +### 17 +opaque: as a result, systemd has a lot more internal complexity that people can't easily wrap your mind around. However I argue that unless you're using something like suckless' sinit with your own scripts, you probably have no idea what your init does today anyways +unstable: this was definitely true even in the first stable release, with the binary log format getting corrupted for example. I haven't personally experienced any trouble with it recently though. diff --git a/slides.tex b/slides.tex index 4d5447b6e54d..e18c9496cc61 100644 --- a/slides.tex +++ b/slides.tex @@ -127,6 +127,34 @@ \section{Controversies} +\begin{frame}{Systemd criticism} + Systemd has been heavily criticised, usually focusing around a few points: + \begin{itemize} + \item Feature-creep: Systemd absorbs more and more other services + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame}{Systemd criticism} + \includegraphics[keepaspectratio=true,width=\textwidth]{systemdcomponents.png} +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame}{Systemd criticism} + Systemd has been heavily criticised, usually focusing around a few points: + \begin{itemize} + \item Feature-creep: Systemd absorbs more and more other services + \item Opaque: systemd's inner workings are harder to understand than old \texttt{init} + \item Unstable: development is quick and breakage happens + \end{itemize} +\end{frame} + +\begin{frame}{Systemd adoption} + Systemd was initially adopted by RedHat (and related distributions). + + It spread quickly to others, for example ArchLinux. + + Debian and Ubuntu were the last major players who decided to adopt it, but not without drama. +\end{frame} + \section{Questions?} \end{document} diff --git a/systemdcomponents.png b/systemdcomponents.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a22c762f7e13 Binary files /dev/null and b/systemdcomponents.png differ -- cgit 1.4.1