Every Linux system boots the same way. The kernel starts, mounts the root filesystem and launches one program: the init system. Everything else on your machine, from the network stack to your desktop, runs because init started it. Most distros ship systemd, and most people never think about it again. […]
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systemd runs the show on most Linux distributions you’ll bump into today. Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, and Arch all default to it. Depending on who you ask, that’s either systemd solving real problems that the old init systems never fixed, or proof that one project got too much control over […]