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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

systemd is great, but being disingenious isn't helping anyone:

chrony -> sd-timesyncd [...] one less daemon

just because it ships with systemd doesn't mean it magically runs without it's own process

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Very cool. I had no idea systemd sort of has a cron replacement. While in I don't think I'll switch from cron in the immediate future, it's really good to know.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure that's how the Steam Deck runs also. At least every custom OS I've seen for it is just a ContainerFile and systemd-boot

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

ah soft reboot ive been waiting for something like that

[–] Drito 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And yes, Systemd does containers. :)

Are systemd duplicates such as containers and systemd-boot are better than the existing ?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

All of this shit packed in is why it sucks. Do one thing and do it well. Try setting up a script to run on boot that doesn't stop executing until you want to turn your pc off and watch all traces of sanity drain from your being. Now try it on freebsd. Much much easier

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Systemd together with NetworkManager are two pieces of software I really dislike. They go against the very Unix philosophy. I like being able to piece all the bricks together on my own, not having monolithic pieces of software that try to do everything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Eh, they work for me. To each their own.

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