Systemd is incredibly versatile and most people, including myself, are unaware of its full potential. Despite its usefulness, it is often overlooked due to controversy and the current state of things when it comes to software development. Begin today your journey thought Systemd's capabilities and discover how to efficiently manage systems with fewer processes than traditionally used.

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. :)

  • @TCB13OP
    16•1 year ago

    all the features outside of systemd-as-init are optional and can be replaced or ignored if you don’t want them

    Yes, but the point of the article was kind of the opposite - simply try all the systemd tools and components and see how much better things can get.

    • @ozymandias117English
      8•1 year ago

      Sure, but if you’re trying to convince the groups that hates systemd, a preamble of “these don’t run in PID 1 and are just extra features you might find useful” could help

      • @TCB13OPEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        That’s fair.