Linux, the powerhouse behind countless servers and desktops worldwide, relies heavily on an initialization (init) system to bootstrap user space and manage system processes after booting.

Not every Linux user obsesses over how quickly their system boots, but I like seeing a fast and clean startup. Even with a solid-state drive, bottlenecks can sneak in and slow things down. Systemd ...

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I will confess. I started writing this post about some stupid systemd tricks. However, I wanted to explain a little about systemd first, and that wound up being longer than the tricks. So this Linux ...

PBIS Open is a software package that permits Linux machines to join Active Directory domains. When I updated from Utopic to Vivid (which I did because numerous things I needed were broken on Utopic), ...

Last time, I gave a whirlwind introduction to a very small slice of systemd. If you aren’t comfortable with systemd services, timers, and mounts, you might want to read that now. Otherwise, press on ...

Supporting systemd required changes to the WSL architecture. As systemd requires PID 1, the WSL init process started within the Linux distribution becomes a child process of the systemd. Because the ...

Alpine Linux, one of the most recognizable non-systemd Linux distributions, is reportedly experimenting with an optional systemd compatibility layer, a move that has sparked intense discussion across ...

Why do people hate systemd? systemd has caused an almost unending amount of controversy in the Linux community. Some Linux users have been unyielding in their opposition to systemd, while others have ...