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What exactly does systemd do?
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Easier compared to what? Easier compared to sysvinit, of course. Easier compared to all the other alternatives? Six of one, half a dozen of the other, on balance, I would say.
But SystemD has inertia behind it now. If you run into problems, there are probably 1e10 web pages out there that will help you fix it. That's why Debian solidified on SystemD: not because it's any better than any of the others, but because it's the same as everybody else.