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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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What exactly does systemd do? (self.linux)

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

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I am a Linux user, but I don't really know how most things work, even after years of casual use on my Main, I just started getting into Devuan and wondered then, what exacly does systemd do that most distros have it? What even is init freedom? And why should I care?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Linux is based on unix, which was an operating system designed to run on computers like the PDP-11 of the 1970s.

The problem is that computers have changed a lot, and Richie and Thompson couldn't perfectly forecast all those changes. Most notably, it predates the internet.

Anyways, computers changed and so systemd was invented to copy MacOS Tiger's launchd service model. Here's the only video you need to watch on the subject

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

systemd was invented because Upstart fell under Canonical's CLA