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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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Hate Systemd? A New Init System(Nitro) Debuts as a Minimalist Process Supervisor for Linux (github.com)

submitted 1 week ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36342010

Nitro is a tiny process supervisor that also can be used as pid 1 on Linux.

There are four main applications it is designed for:

As init for a Linux machine for embedded, desktop or server purposes

As init for a Linux initramfs

As init for a Linux container (Docker/Podman/LXC/Kubernetes)

As unprivileged supervision daemon on POSIX systems

Nitro is configured by a directory of scripts, defaulting to /etc/nitro (or the first command line argument).

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[–] jim3692@discuss.online 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Having given a shot to OpenRC on Alpine systems, I would say that I prefer systemd for creating and managing services.

I like its unified logging, which extends even beyond the host, integrating the logs of nspawn containers. I like its tmpfiles, which allows configuring temporary files, without writing scripts that create/cleanup them.

I have to admit, however, that I don't like all of its subsystems. For example, I don't want networkd and resolved anywhere near my configuration.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

I love networkd only issue is lack of documentation. Still can't believe so many systems are using an unmaintained DHCP client. One of the reasons I even bothered is I didn't like using the unmaintained one.