Is that a good idea to put many things in /etc/rc.local?

Hello, all:
wiki told me that I could configure many files in /etc.
However, sorry if sounds stupid, I think this is not KISS.
I have to learn many different syntax to configure my computer.
I think put things in /etc/rc.local if possible is a good idea.
For example, We could configure things in this way:
[/etc/rc.conf] DAEMONS=(crond)
[/etc/fstab] /dev/sda3 /home ext4 rw,relatime 0 1
[/etc/modules-load.d/vb.conf] vboxdrv
For a alternate, we could edit /etc/rc.local like this:
rc.d start crond
mount /dev/sda3 /home
modprobe vboxdrv
Now we do not need to learn any new syntax, everything is BASH!

ytj wrote:
For example, We could configure things in this way:
For a alternate, we could edit /etc/rc.local like this:
I think there SHOULD be a problem with this but... I don't see a problem with this. It works in your situation, but of course it wouldn't for everyone. For example, I assume if something on /home was needed during boot then you would need to load it earlier in /etc/fstab.
I'll probably end up doing it the first way just to be more "correct". I do already have some stuff in /etc/rc.local, such as setting up soft links to my disc drives.
brebs wrote:The future is systemd (so it seems), not BASH.
Bash isn't going away any time soon. Are you suggesting that /etc/rc.local will be going away?

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