[TriLUG] Recommendations for a systemd-less Linux distribution

[Steve Litt via TriLUG]

On Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:28:36 -0400
Bill Farrow via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:


> It's a free world. I am developing a embedded platform with Debian
> 8.0, and systemd actually offers a few advantages. Sure did clean up
> some crappy init scripts for me.

Yes. Sysvinit and OpenRC have init scripts from hell. But runit, s6,
Epoch, and Suckless Init + Daemontools-encore + LittKit all would have
cleaned up those init scripts.

In discussing systemd, it's important to avoid the false choice of
systemd vs upstart vs sysvinit, because there are *a lot* more init
systems out there, and in my opinion, systemd, upstart and sysvinit are
three of the worst.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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