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[–] Disappointed 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Currently Mint 17 is based on Ubuntu 14.04 which doesn't have systemd. In a short while Mint 18 will release based on 16.04 so then Mint will be using systemd.

Mint 17 is LTS so will be supported till 2019, I think.

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[–] DrBunsen 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Ubuntu 14.04 uses Upstart as the init system, the plan to switch to systemd is planned for 14.10+. There are parts of "systemd" that have been used in Ubuntu for a long time, but for most intents and purposes when people say "systemd" they mean systemd-as-init.

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[–] Disappointed 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Well you'll have to ask the OP @luckyguy what he means by systemd.

This is what happened in Ubuntu 15.04:

Boot and service management

systemd has replaced Upstart as the standard boot and service manager on all Ubuntu flavors except Touch. At the time of the 15.04 release there are no known major problems which prevent booting. The only service which does not currently start is Juju, which will be fixed in a post-release update soon; all other packaged Ubuntu services are expected to work.

Upstart continues to control user sessions.

14.10 has been and gone, the current release for Ubuntu is 16.04:

The systemd Init System

Users of Ubuntu 15.10 or Debian Jessie may already be familiar with systemd, which is now the default init system for the majority of mainstream GNU/Linux distributions. On Ubuntu, systemd supplants Canonical's Upstart.