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    [–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That's not really true. systemd is split up into many different, independent binaries, and each of those does one job and does it well.

    [–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago

    Does it really matter if you can't use those independent binaries with any other init system? If you want to use systemd, you pretty much have to take the whole ecosystem.

    [–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    If I remember correctly, there was a ton of pain configuring a minimal systemd. I am unaware if that has changed much in recent years.

    Here is an old thread talking about it: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/150975/what-is-needed-for-a-minimal-systemd-boot-to-launch-getty-on-a-virtual-console

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

    Your link describes setting up one file, the [email protected].
    The .target unit files are built-in, and not part of configuration.