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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Systemd: Hidden Gems for a Better Linux (tadeubento.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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. :)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

imagine some kind of GUI like Windows has for system services

The problem is that systemd has so many possible options and ways to do things that you'll either end up with something that "lags behind the actual systemd resources" or a glorified text editor specially made to write systemd units.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about entire optional sections? Multiple options with the same name etc?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Good old Win32 GUIs with their tabs can do anything. Too bad people don't want those anymore.