systemd: it's the init system that (some?) love to hate. Full disclosure: I find systemd a little overbearing, although by no means would consider myself militantly anti-systemd. It has obvious advantages, and although I'm at philosophical odds with it at some levels, I see no reason why everybody shouldn't understand it a bit better - especially now that most people will need to deal with it on their favorite distros. --- This post is a sort of formalized set of operational notes I've made f...