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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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[–] Obin@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don't disagree that there was drama, I disagree about who was (always) the side fanning the flames. Systemd made divisiveness the core of its marketing strategy. Early on LP personally set the tone by calling out people and distros not using his software as Luddites. And that was back when systemd actually was still a buggy mess. And to this day, in threads like this you will see detractors explain the reason why they're still opting out or have in the past, while (some of the) proponents will insult people opting out as backwards idiots who "don't want to learn new things" or irrational haters. 🤷

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

I see. I wasn't aware of that part of the story. Thanks.