but alpine famously does not use systemd but openrc?
replyThat's their point. The software they want to use often assumes its being run on a platform with systemd, so running that software on Alpine which makes a point to not use systemd causes challenges for them compared to using a different distro.
replyI use alpine-based containers whenever I can just to keep the world safer from SystemD rotting Linux.
replyNever enabled sshd there... except on my PostmarketOS PineBook Pro... oh shit!
What is the argument against systemd?
replyIs it mainly that it is too big?
I feel like everybody still loves the unix philosophy, but the previous tools were too bad, systemd just filled user demand for easier tools.
The moment someone makes a pid 1 software that is good and still modular, open and pluggable I think that will be an instant success.