Re: GNU's not Unix
As a user of both Linux and BSD (cli only though generally), I've not found much difference in 'ease' between the two. Kind of depends on with which you're more familer I suppose?
Systemd seems to do what it does, but it does always feel a bit like having an F16 fix the issue of a slightly annoing moth.... Sure the mess of RC scripts and runlevels was awful, but there's simpler alternatives out there... I mean you could look at RC in NetBSD, simple, easy to set up and works... although there's probably something to do with having lots of them in a cloud somewhere I don't really understand. :)
The reason for Linux's rise over a BSD is probably more to do with momentum and lawyers