GNOME (et al): Rotting In Threes
4 years later the problem is not fixed but propagated (e.g. Debian jessie uses systemd as default).
The author of that post should really try Plasma =)
(offtopic: could you update your avatar? The old one you had was still hosted at status.net, which has expired. Thanks!)
@JanKusanagi Avatar updated. Thanks.