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Subject: Re: systemd (Subject line fixed as a public service)
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2025 09:37:28 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:00:35 -0000 (UTC)
Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> wibbled:
>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.

Where do you get all the /etc/rc* files from that init requires?