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4 Linux init systems that almost replaced systemd (and why they failed) (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 4 days ago by Sunshine@piefed.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 34 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Tl;Dr they all failed because they're init daemons and not entire system management daemons. Article gave a nice description of the different choices but I gave up reading after runit because the reason for failure always boiled down to

It's only an init daemon

[–] hunger@programming.dev 13 points 4 days ago

More than that: "its only an init daemon that does not even make use of Linux features". They all try to work on all posix systems while systemd is Linux-only and uses everything the kernel can offer to make things safer and more reliable.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 9 points 4 days ago

There's also the addendum to "s6" which is a bit more interesting, since it seems it found a viable niche outside of hobbyist distros. Somehow I had never heard about it before.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Not just that, but a good amount of software wouldn't work or even install because of a direct dependency on systemd.