Starfish, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) Looks like there are some security, privacy and stability advantages. But for most people systemd should be fine. See here for further info: https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/guides/linux-hardening.html#choosing-the-right-distro https://forums.whonix.org/t/fixing-the-desktop-linux-security-model/9172/2 https://www.unixsheikh.com/articles/systemd-isnt-safe-to-run-anywhere.html https://unixsheikh.com/articles/the-real-motivation-behind-systemd.html https://suckless.org/sucks/systemd/ https://without-systemd.org/wiki/index_php/Arguments_against_systemd/ https://nosystemd.org/ Edit: also getting dnscrypt to work with systemd is pretty tough and unreliable in my experience (debian and opensuse). See here https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Installation-linux This could be a problem if you are planning to use encrypted dns.
Looks like there are some security, privacy and stability advantages. But for most people systemd should be fine.
See here for further info: https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/guides/linux-hardening.html#choosing-the-right-distro https://forums.whonix.org/t/fixing-the-desktop-linux-security-model/9172/2 https://www.unixsheikh.com/articles/systemd-isnt-safe-to-run-anywhere.html https://unixsheikh.com/articles/the-real-motivation-behind-systemd.html https://suckless.org/sucks/systemd/ https://without-systemd.org/wiki/index_php/Arguments_against_systemd/ https://nosystemd.org/
Edit: also getting dnscrypt to work with systemd is pretty tough and unreliable in my experience (debian and opensuse). See here https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy/wiki/Installation-linux This could be a problem if you are planning to use encrypted dns.