> Could also be talking about boot time maybe - isn't SystemD supposed to boot faster than OpenRC much of the time?
The first time I switched to systemd, years ago (when Debian moved to systemd), I noticed the boot becoming much faster. So, yup, it was a thing. But now, years later, I got rid of systemd and honestly I don't see my system booting much slower. I mean: if Debian takes, say, 0.3s to show me the login prompt while Devuan (the Debian fork with all the systemd stuff stripped away) takes 0.4s, who cares...
(fwiw I always boot into text console, log in there, then manually launch the graphical display)
I don't think that the "faster boot time" is an argument in favor of systemd anymore, at least not on a modern system. And in case you need to spin a container in a heartbeat, you may be using some ultra minimal Linux distro like Alpine anyway.
The first time I switched to systemd, years ago (when Debian moved to systemd), I noticed the boot becoming much faster. So, yup, it was a thing. But now, years later, I got rid of systemd and honestly I don't see my system booting much slower. I mean: if Debian takes, say, 0.3s to show me the login prompt while Devuan (the Debian fork with all the systemd stuff stripped away) takes 0.4s, who cares...
(fwiw I always boot into text console, log in there, then manually launch the graphical display)
I don't think that the "faster boot time" is an argument in favor of systemd anymore, at least not on a modern system. And in case you need to spin a container in a heartbeat, you may be using some ultra minimal Linux distro like Alpine anyway.