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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).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Sharing this blog post because I liked reading it. Nice photos and images and shows lots of options. The section about Gentoo Linux suggests it is unclear whether Gentoo uses Systemd. From what I've seen after tinkering with a Gentoo container last week is that Systemd is an option for "make world" but not the default.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (2 children)

ELI5: Why do people hate systemd? I don't know much about it or init systems in general, but it seems to work fine for me.

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

My favorite reason is the conspiracy theory that systemd is a CIA op.

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

Wait what? Got any links to further info?

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

According to the UNIX philosophy, one program should do one thing and do it nicely. People hate it because systemd just does a lot of things; especially when you add things like systemd-resolvd, systemd-boot and all other systemd-* things

I am one of those neutrals who goes what his distro's manuals say. I use Arch btw

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

Gentoo uses it's own init OpenRC but one can switch to systemd