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Systemd: Hidden Gems for a Better Linux (tadeubento.com)

submitted 1 year ago by TCB13@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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After a few conversations with people on Lemmy and other places it became clear to me that most aren't aware of what it can do and how much more robust it is compared to the usual "jankiness" we're used to.

In this article I highlight less known features and give out a few practice examples on how to leverage Systemd to remove tons of redundant packages and processes.

And yes, Systemd does containers. :)

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[–] SpaceCadet@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Thanks for summarizing my feelings on systemd in a less inflammatory way than if I had written it myself.

I've found that most distributions have implemented it properly and for the most part it works quite well and stays out of my way, it's only when for some reason you have to dive into the minutiae of a unit file and getting into all the dependencies and stuff that it gets annoying quickly.

[–] w2qw@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

The dependency system takes a bit to understand but compared to like upstart it was a massive improvement.

[–] SpaceCadet@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Everybody gangsta until A start job is running for ... (10s / 1min 30s)

[–] Ghoelian@feddit.nl 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Or, even worse, A start job is running for ... (10s / no limit)

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