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Void Linux + Sway + TUIGreet. From decrypting LUKS to login screen (according to dmesg) - 0.8 seconds.
From pushing the button to login screen (excluding GRUB menu and typing in LUKS password) - just about 7 seconds.

Wild. Just wild.

#linux #void #voidlinux #runit #init #funny #testing #homelab #laptop

#linux #void #voidlinux #runit #init #funny

C. @[email protected] · 2026-04-11 · 20:49 UTC

So, I rescued a 12-year-old Macbook Pro, given up by its owner because Apple had orphaned it from security updates, and also it was suffering from Apple High-Qwality Spicy Pillow Syndrome.

I replaced the battery and installed Linux on it.

And I gotta say, this was the most satisfying thing I've done with a keyboard in years:

# apt-get purge systemd libnss-systemd

#Devuan Excalibur installed/upgraded from Debian Trixie like a champ. Now I don't have to deal with extraneous horseshit when Lennart adds systemd-mountd, systemd-sshd, systemd-bourne-shell, systemd-emacs, etc, etc...

Thanks to @landley for the post that finally convinced me to give Devuan a go. I'd been thinking about it for years, but didn't feel like setting aside a bunch of debugging time which I assumed would be needed.

Now to figure out how to switch to s6 from runit. ( @ska )

#Debian #systemd #UnixPhilosophy #runit #s6 #init #Unix #Linux

#devuan #debian #systemd #unixphilosophy #runit #s6

NERDS.xyz – Real Tech News for Real Nerds [Unofficial] @[email protected] · 2026-03-22 · 21:21 UTC

antiX 26 Linux distribution skips systemd and packs five init systems into a tiny Debian base

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/03/antix-26-systemd-free-linux/

#antix #antix26 #debiantrixie #dinit #icewm #lightweightlinux

Really Lazy Bear :debian_logo: @[email protected] · 2026-03-15 · 16:51 UTC

Now I see why some people shit on systemd. For simple things, it's needlessly complex haha. I mean I already did something like this last year where I tried out other inits and I'd say sysvinit is one of the most complicated inits I've ever used when I played around with it.

It's WAY older than me. I'm only 23 years old and that thing is like 30+ years old

#voidlinux #runit #systemd #archlinux #cachyos #void #linux #freesoftware #opensource #sysvinit

#voidlinux #runit #systemd #archlinux #cachyos #void

Really Lazy Bear :debian_logo: @[email protected] · 2026-03-09 · 21:29 UTC

While watching Brodie Robertson's reaction to LTT trying Linux again, I installed Void Linux. I picked the musl base live image and after install I had to manually install xfce and sum stuffs.

I'll be doing the stuff I've been doing in the cachyos vm here.

#voidlinux #xfce #linux #freesoftware #opensource #runit #musl #amd #qemu #kvm #microsoft #windows10 #windows11 #microslop #linustechtips #ltt #cachyos #archlinux

#voidlinux #xfce #linux #freesoftware #opensource #runit

XLibre @[email protected] · 2025-11-26 · 13:24 UTC

#XLibre runs on #ArtixLinux with #runit. You can use the packages from the Artix galaxy repository https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Site/XlibreOnArtix . To learn more about runit, please see https://smarden.org/runit and https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/runit on how to use it on Artix. #InitFreedom #XLibreArtixWeek

#xlibre #artixlinux #runit #initfreedom #xlibreartixweek

Habr @[email protected] · 2025-10-22 · 19:22 UTC

Systemd-rc — мост для тех кто привык к Systemd

Мост для тех кто привык к Systemd. Без эмуляции, без Systemd-зависимостей. Только переводит команды.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/959200/

#freesystemd #quasarlinux #openrc #init #runit #golang #dinit #nonsystemd #systemctlbridge

#systemctlbridge #nonsystemd #dinit #golang #runit #init

Paradox @[email protected] · 2025-10-11 · 13:53 UTC

@noodle
I switched to a distribution that is installed “bare” and empty (Void Linux), so nothing needs to be deleted. You need to:

Replace the bootloader with #rEFInd;
Remove unnecessary firmware;
Install the necessary fonts, as this system has a problem displaying them;
Install the nVidia driver;
Install #ChronyD;
Install #OctoXBPS — a package manager similar to Synaptic;
Install #VSV (Void Service Manager) to manage #runit services;
Install #zram;
Connect additional repositories;
Install application software

#Void #Linux

#refind #chronyd #octoxbps #vsv #runit #zram

JdeBP @[email protected] · 2025-09-05 · 08:56 UTC

@developing_agent @mcc @ariadne

Even simply separately packaging binaries and hooks *today* would avoid the problem whereby the systemd-all-in-one package always installs all possible runtime hooks, some of which try to spin up systemd-logind, and systemd itself, by various surprising back-routes.

http://jdebp.info/Softwares/nosh/guide/services/systemd-logind.html

Gerrit Pape had packaged runit-run and runit-init separately from runit, and this was the model to follow.

@ska
#nosh #runit

#nosh #runit

aaron ~# :blinkingcursor: @[email protected] · 2025-05-28 · 06:31 UTC

Installing #VoidLinux is one thing, but documenting it is key. I'm working on #dracut hooks to automatically create and sign the #unifiedkernelimage. I've already done #FullDiskEncryption (including /boot)

The best thing is that i can lookup most of the stuff on the #ArchLinux #wiki (except #systemd stuff). I like #runit, though i'm not used to it yet.

I can also fix or reinstall the OS how much i want because of my separate /home partition. This level of customization and control is so cool.

I'm already excited to #automate the base system installation using #Ansible.

#linux #unix #void #customization #secureboot #automation

#voidlinux #dracut #unifiedkernelimage #fulldiskencryption #archlinux #wiki

aaron ~# :blinkingcursor: @[email protected] · 2025-05-28 · 06:31 UTC

Installing #VoidLinux is one thing, but documenting it is key. I'm working on #dracut hooks to automatically create and sign the #unifiedkernelimage. I've already done #FullDiskEncryption (including /boot)

The best thing is that i can lookup most of the stuff on the #ArchLinux #wiki (except #systemd stuff). I like #runit, though i'm not used to it yet.

I can also fix or reinstall the OS how much i want because of my separate /home partition. This level of customization and control is so cool.

I'm already excited to #automate the base system installation using #Ansible.

#linux #unix #void #customization #secureboot #automation

#voidlinux #dracut #unifiedkernelimage #fulldiskencryption #archlinux #wiki

aaron ~# :blinkingcursor: @[email protected] · 2025-05-28 · 06:31 UTC

Installing #VoidLinux is one thing, but documenting it is key. I'm working on #dracut hooks to automatically create and sign the #unifiedkernelimage. I've already done #FullDiskEncryption (including /boot)

The best thing is that i can lookup most of the stuff on the #ArchLinux #wiki (except #systemd stuff). I like #runit, though i'm not used to it yet.

I can also fix or reinstall the OS how much i want because of my separate /home partition. This level of customization and control is so cool.

I'm already excited to #automate the base system installation using #Ansible.

#linux #unix #void #customization #secureboot #automation

#voidlinux #dracut #unifiedkernelimage #fulldiskencryption #archlinux #wiki

aaron ~# :blinkingcursor: @[email protected] · 2025-05-28 · 06:31 UTC

Installing #VoidLinux is one thing, but documenting it is key. I'm working on #dracut hooks to automatically create and sign the #unifiedkernelimage. I've already done #FullDiskEncryption (including /boot)

The best thing is that i can lookup most of the stuff on the #ArchLinux #wiki (except #systemd stuff). I like #runit, though i'm not used to it yet.

I can also fix or reinstall the OS how much i want because of my separate /home partition. This level of customization and control is so cool.

I'm already excited to #automate the base system installation using #Ansible.

#linux #unix #void #customization #secureboot #automation

#automation #secureboot #customization #void #unix #linux

aaron ~# :blinkingcursor: @[email protected] · 2025-05-28 · 06:31 UTC

Installing #VoidLinux is one thing, but documenting it is key. I'm working on #dracut hooks to automatically create and sign the #unifiedkernelimage. I've already done #FullDiskEncryption (including /boot)

The best thing is that i can lookup most of the stuff on the #ArchLinux #wiki (except #systemd stuff). I like #runit, though i'm not used to it yet.

I can also fix or reinstall the OS how much i want because of my separate /home partition. This level of customization and control is so cool.

I'm already excited to #automate the base system installation using #Ansible.

#linux #unix #void #customization #secureboot #automation

#voidlinux #dracut #unifiedkernelimage #fulldiskencryption #archlinux #wiki

C. @[email protected] · 2024-06-27 · 03:55 UTC

Also see:
https://judecnelson.blogspot.com/2014/09/systemd-biggest-fallacies.html

#systemd #s6 #daemontools #runit

Habr @[email protected] · 2024-05-30 · 09:12 UTC

Библия systemD: как управлять системой

Что бы кто не говорил, systemD остается стандартом систем инициализацией в линуксе. И с 100% вероятностью все сервера будут с systemD. И поэтому знать как работать с данной системой инициализации должен знать каждый сисадмин и просто программист. В этой статье мы разберем создание сервисов и юнитов, как облегчить работу при помощи systemd, отслеживать состояние системы и управлять системой.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/817701/

#linux #ядро #systemd #systemctl #journald #journalctl #администрирование_linuxсистем #администрирование #система_инициализации #pid_1 #sysvinit #runit #dinit

#dinit #runit #sysvinit #pid_1 #система_инициализации #администрирование

JdeBP @[email protected] · 2024-03-26 · 17:34 UTC

@mattl @AndyScott

#s6 is a service management system from @ska that is in the Bernstein #daemontools family.

#runit is a similar but less rounded out system from Gerrit Pape in the same family that is unfortunately not well maintained.

http://jdebp.uk/FGA/daemontools-family.html

#s6 #daemontools #runit

JdeBP @[email protected] · 2023-04-25 · 18:24 UTC

@charadon @RL_Dane

van Smoorenburg #rc was never the thing to compare to. They realized this in the big Debian Hoo-Hah over systemd in ~2014, and almost everyone ruled it out as a reasonable option.

Mewburn rc pre-dated systemd by about a decade and a comparison to it would have ruined the whole "but-but-but look at the long shell scripts!" argument.

So too did comparison to the #daemontools family:

http://jdebp.info/FGA/run-scripts-and-service-units-side-by-side.html

#s6 #nosh #runit

#rc #daemontools #s6 #nosh #runit

JdeBP @[email protected] · 2023-04-25 · 18:11 UTC

@RL_Dane @charadon

Mewburn rc still uses PID files, a mechanism that people knew to be broken back in the middle 1980s. daemontools-family systems like runit do not.

There's no universal agreement on what a "service" is as opposed to a dæmon. But the concrete differences between the systems start with PID files, and continue with chain loading, logging, and composition.

http://jdebp.info/FGA/unix-daemon-design-mistakes-to-avoid.html#DoNotCreatePIDFiles

http://jdebp.info/FGA/daemontools-family.html

#runit #s6 #daemontools #nosh