▲ 70 ▼ Should i switch from systemd to another init system, What are the advantages of using another init system? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by prettydarknwild@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml 91 comments fedilink hide all child comments I have seen so many times that systemd is insecure, bloated, etc. So i wonder ¿does it worth to switch to another init system?
[+] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago For desktops it doesn't make much sense, but now everything's so oriented to systemd its actually starting to affect embedded Linux applications... so lets try our best to keep the alternatives alive. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Iam@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TCB13@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) So what do you do under Linux? Browse the web? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aerique@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* Okeeeeeey, so who's is stuck in their ways? I'm on Guix which doesn't use SystemD. Running on an MSI GS66 Stealth laptop with an Nvidia RTX¹ 3080. I browse the web, develop, run Stable Diffusion on the GPU, game using Steam and Lutris (Chivalry 2 and Diablo 4), Zoom calls for work. Mainly this just like any other machine. ¹ or whatever the letters are these days. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Drito@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago I'm not recommending non-systemd inits, but in a desktop usage, I never wrote a single script with MX Linux and Alpine. Their init system just works. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago For desktops it doesn't make much sense, but now everything's so oriented to systemd its actually starting to affect embedded Linux applications... so lets try our best to keep the alternatives alive. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Iam@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TCB13@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) So what do you do under Linux? Browse the web? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aerique@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* Okeeeeeey, so who's is stuck in their ways? I'm on Guix which doesn't use SystemD. Running on an MSI GS66 Stealth laptop with an Nvidia RTX¹ 3080. I browse the web, develop, run Stable Diffusion on the GPU, game using Steam and Lutris (Chivalry 2 and Diablo 4), Zoom calls for work. Mainly this just like any other machine. ¹ or whatever the letters are these days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) So what do you do under Linux? Browse the web? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] aerique@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* Okeeeeeey, so who's is stuck in their ways? I'm on Guix which doesn't use SystemD. Running on an MSI GS66 Stealth laptop with an Nvidia RTX¹ 3080. I browse the web, develop, run Stable Diffusion on the GPU, game using Steam and Lutris (Chivalry 2 and Diablo 4), Zoom calls for work. Mainly this just like any other machine. ¹ or whatever the letters are these days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aerique@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* Okeeeeeey, so who's is stuck in their ways? I'm on Guix which doesn't use SystemD. Running on an MSI GS66 Stealth laptop with an Nvidia RTX¹ 3080. I browse the web, develop, run Stable Diffusion on the GPU, game using Steam and Lutris (Chivalry 2 and Diablo 4), Zoom calls for work. Mainly this just like any other machine. ¹ or whatever the letters are these days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Drito@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago I'm not recommending non-systemd inits, but in a desktop usage, I never wrote a single script with MX Linux and Alpine. Their init system just works. permalink fedilink source parent