why do we use systemd?

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 05 July 2014, Patrick O'Callaghan sent:
> More to the point, to understand "target" I now have to understand
> "unit". According to systemd(1), under the heading "Concepts", we find
> that "systemd provides a dependency system between various entities
> called "units" of 12 different types". 12 different types! I'm getting
> a sinking feeling already ... 

The old system was considered bad, because it had 6 run levels, of which
a few of them were never used.  Now we have 12?





A NINE BLADED SWORD!!!!

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George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not
a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments.