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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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[–] ryannathans 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

All of this shit packed in is why it sucks. Do one thing and do it well. Try setting up a script to run on boot that doesn't stop executing until you want to turn your pc off and watch all traces of sanity drain from your being. Now try it on freebsd. Much much easier

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

What's the problem with that script? That's such a basic use case and not very hard to do at all in systemd.

Where do you struggle with it? Can we maybe help with something?

[–] TCB13 6 points 1 year ago

Did a couple of times, no issues. Simply add KillSignal=SIGINT or ExecStop=/bin/kill -s SIGINT -$MAINPID & /bin/kill -s SIGINT -$MAINPID and it will work out.