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From: Muttley@dastardlyhq.com
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Subject: Re: Faking a TTY on a pipe/socketpair
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 10:04:16 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 20:00:54 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> gabbled:
>On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 10:28:15 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 20:45:36 -0000 (UTC)
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wibbled:
>>
>>> What “single task” did init do?
>> 
>> Boot the system to usable state.
>
>What would you say systemd does that is not related to that?

Networking, including DNS
Graphics
Logging
systemd-boot 

Basically init should start the system, maintain some the running of
some essential daemons and then leave well alone.