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this is probably one of the most promising candidates for an init system aside from systemd, right? I know openrc is still having trouble with parallel startups as a result of its design which is almost a must at this point. s6 is in the works from what I hear, but not configurable via simple config files yet.

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rahen|3 months ago

The best challenger to systemd in terms of feature parity is probably dinit: https://davmac.org/projects/dinit/

Have a look at Chimera Linux if you want to give it a try: https://chimera-linux.org/

runit, s6, and OpenRC don't have the downsides of systemd, but they also only cover a subset of its features

goku12|3 months ago

> s6 is in the works from what I hear,

s6 is just a process supervisor meant work alongside an init. That said, an init was developed exclusively for s6, and it's ready according to the author's website. You could in theory setup a full Linux system with it.

The author is currently working on a user-friendly UI/frontend for the system. But that's not an essential component.

> but not configurable via simple config files yet.

I don't know if that's the goal of the project at all. Config files defeat the entire purpose of its design.

shevy-java|3 months ago

Systemd isn't merely an init system though, so I always find these comparisons unfair.

They should focus on one simple and good alternative to the startup-functionality for non-systemd infected systems though. Void has one advantage: they have many clever people, a bit like how Arch used to be before they succumbed to systemd (today's arch is different from when Judd was in charge).

rendaw|3 months ago

I made https://github.com/andrewbaxter/puteron/ ! It's more similar to systemd in that it has a dependency graph, but I think it's simpler to use and better aligned with typical use cases. I haven't used it as a full init system though, only on top of systemd (same as I've seen runit used).

t43562|3 months ago

dinit is, imo, the one I'd pick. It's focused but it has dependencies and the services are defined by a DSL rather than startup scripts.

Having said that, I haven't used runit and from the look of it, it's a big improvement over SystemV at the very least.