That is a fair point, actually. If there were a theoretical systemd-free Ubuntu it may just tell something else like tmpreaper to clean on the same schedule and create the same vulnerability.

Your system could honestly be fatter without systemd if you try to replicate everything it does with external applications.

Maybe so, but systemd’s bloated feature creep still leads to security vulnerabilities. Another systemd root access exploit was just discovered a couple of days ago.

Nah this is more systemd bloat and certainly invites criticism. Other inits aren’t even commenting, let alone complying.

Yep, I saw the writing on the wall and tagged my 1.13.2 image locally. It’s still running fine on my machine and I added his animated donate button to my filter lists on ublock. I’m going to have to backup this image and keep using it until it breaks. Hopefully by then someone has a fork.