Quoting Alessandro Selli (alessandroselli@???):

> Might interest someone:
>
> https://lwn.net/Articles/777595/
>
> [Front] Posted Jan 28, 2019 20:05 UTC (Mon) by corbet
>
> Tragedy, according to Wikipedia, is "a form of drama based on human
> suffering that invokes an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in
> audiences". Benno Rice took his inspiration from that definition for his
> 2019 linux.conf.au talk on the story of systemd which, he said, involves
> no shortage of suffering. His attempt to cast that story for the
> pleasure of his audience resulted in a sympathetic and nuanced look at a
> turbulent chapter in the history of the Linux system.

As I'm (like you) an LWN.net subscriber, I can furnish a 'subscriber
link' for the benefit of Dng readers. Enjoy.
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/777595/c64f9542bdd40595/

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