2012/8/18 Kyle <kyle@xxxxxx>: > I made the move to systemd on my flash drive install 2 days ago, and I have > to say I am impressed. The only extra thing I needed to do was to write a > unit file for espeakup, since there isn't yet a unit in the package or in > systemd-arch-units. Writing the new .service file was extremely quick and > painless, and worked the very first time I rebooted after enabling it. I > didn't think it would be possible to make a very old computer with USB 1.1 > boot or shutdown any faster, but systemd certainly made it happen with a > minimum amount of effort, and everything works as well or better than it did > before the migration. I also like the ease of use and configuration of > systemd units and the intuitive layout of the files and directories. I also > found the systemctl and journalctl commands to be very intuitive and easy to > use. I only have to remember to include the .service suffix when enabling or > disabling a service, as this process requires the complete unit name rather > than just the name of the service, unlike starting, stopping, etc. Although > there is always room for improvement in any software, systemd has come quite > a long way in a relatively short amount of time, and continues to improve > quickly. I would like to thank the systemd developers for their hard work, > and the Arch developers for seeing systemd as a viable alternative to > sysvinit and other aging and/or fragmented parts of a Linux system. Add me > to the list of happy systemd users. Systemd support shortform service name now. See the wiki page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd#Using_Units > ~Kyle
