OpenRC vs systemd
Discussions praising OpenRC and other init systems like runit as simpler, more reliable alternatives to systemd, frequently referencing Gentoo, Devuan, and BSD systems.
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Gentoo probably avoids systemd, uses OpenRC instead.
OpenRC predates systemd I believe
I've had great success with OpenRC.
> systemd has wonNot in the Gentoo ecosystem where we have OpenRC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenRC
OpenRC is pretty good and I think it addressed most of the issues systemd was originally intended to solve. Let's all just use it.
I'll stick my head out and say thanks, but no thanks systemd, I'm quite happy with OpenRC until something better comes along that doesn't attempt to assimilate everything under the sun and and includes the kitchen sjnk.
runit works for me... on a modern system.Unlike systemd:- it's nice and simple- it's well documented- it's easy to troubleshoot- it doesn't have it's tentacles in everythingThat said, I don't run any desktop environments like Gnome or KDE, but just run i3 as my window manager.OpenRC also worked well for me when I was on Gentoo.
Gentoo uses OpenRC. It works awesome. I like not being surprised and I like avoiding conversation around systemd cause I don't see it (till I shell into a Debian)
I would prefer OpenRC, runit or something similar.
I don't know, I have never had to use systemd. openrc works fine for me and it seems less complicated. What's the killer feature for systemd?