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systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success
(blog.tjll.net)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Yeah, sysv init is all just scripts under the hood, and it's a bit fragile/arcane. You have to write a bunch of files by hand, reference them correctly, and place and link them in the right directories. Systemd is a bit better, I have to admit that.