systemd
GitHub Repo Pretty sure · everyone hates it anywayThe Unix init system that became so feature-complete it's now the reason people argue about Linux distros at dinner parties.
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systemd is genuinely novel systems software—socket activation, cgroup integration, dependency ordering solved real problems that sysvinit couldn't. The codebase is serious (Coverity, OSS-Fuzz, CII badges earned, not bought). But it's also the poster child for scope creep: started as init, now owns logging, networking, DNS resolution, user sessions, and probably your firstborn. Signal score is low because 'runs on every major Linux distro' obscures that most users interact with it via 'systemc...
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