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From: Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: systemd (Subject line fixed as a public service)
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:00:35 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-01-16, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:17:50 -0000 (UTC), Waldek Hebisch wrote:
>
>> Rather that vendors can (an will) break compatibility when they want.
>
> But they cannot lock Open Source users into their product.
>
>> And actually systemd is an example of thing that users are essentially
>> forced to use regardless if they want it or not ...
>
> It is one of many choices of init/service-management systems. You have 
> your choice of distros with or without it.

Certainly for headless (no graphics) purposes, it is still comparatively 
easy in Debian to replace systemd with the old sysv-init(or alternative 
init) stuff. Though I'm not sure for how long that will be true. But you don't even need to switches distros.

I did it recently on a Raspberry Pi with their latest "lite" version of 
PiOS (Debian based). I was pleasantly surprized at how easy it was.