Systemd is incredibly versatile and most people, including myself, are unaware of its full potential. Despite its usefulness, it is often overlooked due to controversy and the current state of things when it comes to software development. Begin today your journey thought Systemd's capabilities and discover how to efficiently manage systems with fewer processes than traditionally used.

After a few conversations with people on Lemmy and other places it became clear to me that most aren’t aware of what it can do and how much more robust it is compared to the usual “jankiness” we’re used to.

In this article I highlight less known features and give out a few practice examples on how to leverage Systemd to remove tons of redundant packages and processes.

And yes, Systemd does containers. :)

  • be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    Except you’re NOT free to choose, every major distro shoves it into your face

    You can’t have been using Linux long if you think this is what not being free to choose means.

    Don’t use a “major distro”, use one made by likeminded folks. Example: https://www.devuan.org/

    Why do major distros have to make only the decisions you want them to make? Bugs the shit out of me that Gnome is the default desktop damn near everywhere, but so what? Are you paying their bills or otherwise contributing to some degree that they should change their decisions to suit you?

    Here’s a list from 2021: https://www.howtogeek.com/713847/the-best-linux-distributions-without-systemd/

    Another from2022: https://itsfoss.com/systemd-free-distros/

    Or build LFS without systemd.

    Or build Arch yourself without systemd.

    Want to remove it from Ubuntu? Here you go. I’m sure there are similar howtos for most major distros.

    The freedom of Linux and FLOSS is that you can roll up your sleeves and do it differently if you want to. Not that anyone owes it to you to do it for you. For that you have to hope other folks who have rolled up their sleeves have the same opinions you do - and in this case, some do!

    I have no concern about your opinion on systemd. But you seem really confused about what freedom is.