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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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3 Of The Best Systemd Alternatives (thekernalblog.github.io)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 years ago (4 children)

            
              There is also Shepard, Guix' init system.
OpenRC still uses sysvinit under the hood as default I think?
I really doubt any init is as fast as systemd especially under high load. Init freedom is still a good thing :)
Links are "Unclickable for your security"? What? Is this about preemptive loading of links?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

A lot of links on posts will lead you to the correct website, but add their affiliate links or promo codes. It's always safer to just copy/paste.

Systemd is faster on good hardware, but booting with systemd on my hardware takes about double the time then it does with runit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

It’s always safer to just copy/paste.

Or you could read the popup of your browser.

Copy paste can actually inject code which isn't visible so you'd have to paste into a text editor and then into the URL bar to be safe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

Guix is cool, anything that is written on common lisp/scheme is cool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

OpenRC can be used on top of BSD-style init, on top of SysVInit or can be used as its own with OpenRC-init.