Curiosity on systemd?

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Curiosity on systemd?

Postby dedanna1029 » 13 Nov 2012, 01:45

Just a quick question. Can we get along without systemd? Thanks.
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Re: Curiosity on systemd?

Postby viking60 » 13 Nov 2012, 11:52

Yes I think it is a way to find a more common ground for Linux. The changes are pretty big though so it does generate (temporary) problems.
In the case of Arch it pretty much turns the Arch way of doing things upside down. The good old script way with all the daemons in /etc/rc.conf is pretty much gone. Inittab is "gone" etc.

The advantage is that you can use the same commands in Mandriva and Arch or whatever.
To get a list of runing daemons you would simply do a

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systemctl

In both of them.
And if you need to start a daemon/service you would simply do a

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systemctl enable <my_dameon>
without any further configuration.
Gnome 3 needs systemd so it it is probably coming all over the place. (Even if Gnome3 in itself is bad - it is an indication of the direction).
It is a more unified way of handling services.
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Re: Curiosity on systemd?

Postby dedanna1029 » 13 Nov 2012, 22:59

OK, thanks.
I'd rather be a free person who fears terrorists, than be a "safe" person who fears the government.
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