After the shitstorm of upstart, this is a welcome change
The last reliable version of Ubuntu server was 9.10. 10.04, and all subsequent Ubuntu releases, have the most unreliable boot process imagineable -- known as "upstart." I was a huge Ubuntu advocate until 10.04, now I hate it with a passion thanks to all the times the boot process pauses forever without any indication why or any way to fix the problem (it is still painful 4 years later -- for example try adding an nfs mount to /etc/fstab where the nfs server is having a problem).
I upgraded my Debian system to a version that uses upstart, and it was quite a bit better thanks to the sysvinit compatibility option. Maybe in the future it will be possible to count on Ubuntu actually booting up all the way again.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
