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submitted 1 year ago by mateowoetam@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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[-] c1177johuk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Technically the Linux kernel is just an interface with lots of modules

[-] 347_is_p69@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

So is systemd. It is definitely modular and I think it has multiple interfaces as well. I’m not sure if you have configure systemd modules like GRUB does.

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