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#1 Yesterday 18:36:37
- tux_99
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dinit /runit / openrc / s6 which one is most similar to sysv-init?
While my daily driver is running Devuan with sysV-init I would like to explore Artix Linux on a secondary PC.
But Artix Linux has ISOs for 4 different init systems but not sysV-init: dinit /runit / openrc / s6
I'm not familiar with any of them, I only have experience with sysV-init and Upstart (and systemd, not by choice).
Which one of the 4 init systems Artix offers is most similar to sysV-init?
By similar I mean that it uses ideally the same init scripts as sysV-init in the familiar rc.d folder.
I liked Upstart because of this, it was perfectly backward compatible with the sysV init scripts.
Or in other words which one would you recommend to someone who is used to sysV-init and would like to feel at home as quickly as possible?
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#2 Yesterday 19:28:46
- EDX-0
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Re: dinit /runit / openrc / s6 which one is most similar to sysv-init?
probably openrc since it does re-use some components such as the core init program from sysvinit init(8), with the rest of the openrc being pretty much a service supervision suite implemented on top of it, or at least that is what i understand as a condensed form of what the gentoo wiki says about openrc
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