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what is systemd ?? (hear-me.social)

submitted 5 days ago by codewizard@hear-me.social to c/linux4noobs@lemmy.world

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@linux4noobs what is systemd ??

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I like this answer: short and accurate enough.

systemd handles a lot more than starting/stopping things, but that's the core of it. It is used by many (most?) up to date linux distros, but some stick to the older and simpler initd.

[–] codewizard@hear-me.social 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

@neidu3 @CallMeAl does mx linux use it ??

[–] mmcintyre@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Probably yes. The mx iso used to come with an unused but available systemd that you could boot into instead of the default sysvinit, but now they have 2 different isos for the 2 different systems. If the iso is recently downloaded, you would have had to pick which to use.

https://mxlinux.org/blog/changes-coming-with-mx-25/

[–] codewizard@hear-me.social 1 points 5 days ago

@mmcintyre thanks for sharing this. So, I can directly download a systemd format of mx linux and work on either xfce or fluxbox.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago

Yes, but with a caveat: systemd is included, but by default something else is used instead (don't remember what). Systemd can be enabled if you so wish.

Source: I used mx a few years back. I may not be up to date on this.