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[Ed's Comment: Not wishing to ignite yet another flame war regarding the adoption of systemd, I hesitated before publishing this story. However, although it is not an formal survey, it might still reflect the views of the greater linux user community rather than those who frequent this particular site. There is no need to restate the arguments seen over the last few weeks - they are well known and understood - but the survey might have a point.]
http://q5sys.sh has recenlty conducted a survey finding many Linux users may be in favour of systemd:
First off lets keep one thing in mind, this was not a professional survey. As such the results need to be taken as nothing more than the opinions of the 4755 individuals who responded. While the survey responses show that 47% of the respondents are in favor of systemd, that does not mean that 47% of the overall linux community is in favor of systemd. The actual value may be higher or lower. This is simply a small capture of our overall community.
Although the author questions the results could this be an indication that we're really seeing a vocal minority who don't want systemd while the silent majority either do or simply don't care? Poll results and the original blog post.
(Score: 1) by Wrong Turn Ahead on Friday November 21 2014, @09:40AM
This is more than just a few dissenting voices being blindly echoed en masse. I think it's more likely that many people weren't following systemd progress as closely as they are today. I believe that the people who choose to use Linux are also the very same people who prefer to think for themselves and don't just follow whoever is yelling the loudest. Poettering appears to be very smart but he lacks humility and respect for the very community he is trying to change. His attitude is such that he is the developer and he knows what's best for us; anybody who dares to question or criticize him or his projects are met with hostility and rudeness. It was this very same attitude by the Gnome devs that caused so much unnecessary resentment during the Gnome 3 roll out.
Good or bad, the project itself has become toxic to the point that it is now dividing communities and distracting from the larger goal of improving and promoting Linux. It no longer matters if systemd turns out to be the greatest single invention of our time... An improvement to Linux that comes at the expense of shattering the community is not an improvement; it's a loss...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 21 2014, @11:27AM
I believe you greatly overestimate the fraction of the community that is going to leave Linux or is even upset over systemd. Yes they're a lot, but nowhere near the member count. Time will tell. Furthermore if systemd does turn out to be a great invention then it won't be a loss, it will be natural selection (ie. good riddance). Of course that's a big if, and the reverse is also true, but I'm personally on systemd's side of the fence.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 21 2014, @12:55PM
Firefox is a good example of how people will flee, and they won't come back once they're gone. Firefox used to have 35% or more of the browser market. Then they made bad decisions that ruined Firefox. Users fled to Chrome. Now Firefox is at 10% of the market, and this number is continually dropping.
A lot of people have already moved from Debian to FreeBSD or Slackware. They won't be back to Debian as long as systemd is present, that's for sure.