2012/8/18 Kyle <kyle@gmx.ca>:
I made the move to systemd on my flash drive install 2 days ago, and I have to say I am impressed. The only extra thing I needed to do was to write a unit file for espeakup, since there isn't yet a unit in the package or in systemd-arch-units. Writing the new .service file was extremely quick and painless, and worked the very first time I rebooted after enabling it. I didn't think it would be possible to make a very old computer with USB 1.1 boot or shutdown any faster, but systemd certainly made it happen with a minimum amount of effort, and everything works as well or better than it did before the migration. I also like the ease of use and configuration of systemd units and the intuitive layout of the files and directories. I also found the systemctl and journalctl commands to be very intuitive and easy to use. I only have to remember to include the .service suffix when enabling or disabling a service, as this process requires the complete unit name rather than just the name of the service, unlike starting, stopping, etc. Although there is always room for improvement in any software, systemd has come quite a long way in a relatively short amount of time, and continues to improve quickly. I would like to thank the systemd developers for their hard work, and the Arch developers for seeing systemd as a viable alternative to sysvinit and other aging and/or fragmented parts of a Linux system. Add me to the list of happy systemd users.
Systemd support shortform service name now. See the wiki page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd#Using_Units
~Kyle