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Systemd: Hidden Gems for a Better Linux (tadeubento.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TCB13 to c/[email protected]

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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. :)

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[–] ozymandias117 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of the big complaints of systemd detractors I read is that it’s “monolithic” and “taking over everything” and this “shouldn’t all be part of init”

You might want to point out that all the features outside of systemd-as-init are optional and can be replaced or ignored if you don’t want them. They also don’t run as PID 1

You do have to use systemd-journald, but you can also just forward it to syslog if you want

[–] TCB13 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

all the features outside of systemd-as-init are optional and can be replaced or ignored if you don’t want them

Yes, but the point of the article was kind of the opposite - simply try all the systemd tools and components and see how much better things can get.

[–] ozymandias117 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, but if you’re trying to convince the groups that hates systemd, a preamble of “these don’t run in PID 1 and are just extra features you might find useful” could help

[–] TCB13 3 points 1 year ago

That's fair.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

yeah but the OP's point was not