Benno Rice: The Tragedy of systemd -- BSDCan 2018

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One of the better videos on this subject

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What it covers

Benno Rice's BSDCan 2018 talk on why systemd exists and what it got right and wrong. It traces the history of Unix init and why Linux distributions adopted it, while asking. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

Video details

Channel

BSDCan

Length

32 min 30 sec

Year

2018

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