Comparing systyemd with init scripts is disingenious. I can only read systrmd unit files after learning their language, which includes all the meanings and interactions of the possible statements in them. In othrrvwords, I have to learn at least the entire default behavior of systemd up front. With init scripts I need to only know the script language. A skilled Linux user will be quite familiar with the later anyway.
> Comparing systyemd with init scripts is disingenious
You're not really explaining why I think. For systemd you have configuration files. It's very easy. At a last resort you can write a shell script for some special handling. With init scripts it's totally false that "you only need to know the script language". The way those init scripts are written differs across distributions. Meaning, small differences between e.g. Fedora, openSuse, Mageia, etc. Bigger differences for Debian.
I don't get why you call a configuration file a language.
> A skilled Linux user will be quite familiar with the later anyway.
That's what I mean, the system unit files are way easier. There's pretty much options for loads of things. Much easier than doing that stuff yourself in each and every shell script.
Loads of things which is an easy option in systemd I wouldn't know how to easily to in a shell script (e.g. ProtectHome).
