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

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Politically i dislike systemd, it just gives Red Hat too much control over GNU/Linux.

But functionally, systemd is an amazing... linux framework, let's say, and as an operative system that rules over the supercomputer market and the server market, you need that. GNU/Linux has to be the most advanced operative system on earth since it operates on the most advanced fields. So it's just natural that Red Hat wanted such thing.

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

Have you tried OpenVMS? Just saying...

[–] [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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 years ago

As a service back end developer, systemd has made life easier. But I never worked with the others.

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

I've been happy with systemd but it's good to have alternatives

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

There's also InitWare which is a fork/reimplementation of systemd with less interdependent parts. That means it doesn't only run on Linux but also BSD and possibly other kernels.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

There is also launchd from Apple. And didn't Canonical make one in the Unity days?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Canonical's was Upstart, iirc. No longer maintained.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 years ago (1 children)

They dropped support because systemd is superior.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

True, but you have to take into consideration that when they made upstart systemd wasn't a thing.