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HPR3588: Linux Inlaws S01E55: Get yer boots on for a fresh look at init systems
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English - May 04, 2022 00:00 - 21.8 MB - ★★★★ - 34 ratingsTechnology News Tech News community radio tech interviews linux open hobby software freedom Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, Martin and Chris discuss init systems and Chris outs
himself as a systemd fan boy (Devuan followers take note :-). Even Linux and
other FLOSS OS geeks not interested in what happens when you flick the power
switch on a computer may find this episode (vaguely) interesting as some light
is also shed on the philosophy of the different system architectures and their
history (Ever wanted to know what an /360 IPL really is? Then stay tuned...).
Disclosure: The following text may resort to regular expressions to keep
things concise and simple. Some of the PCRE-challenged readers may take
offence - you have been warned.
Links:
Booting a PC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booting#Personal_computers_(PC)
GRUB: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub
([A-Z][a-z]+ux) Init systems (general overview): https://arxiv.org/pdf/0706.2748v1.pdf
SysV init: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Init#SysV-style
systemd: http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd.html
OpenRC: https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc
Canonical's Upstart: https://upstart.ubuntu.com
Switch from upstart to systemd: https://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1316
Runlevels: http://www.linfo.org/runlevel_def.html
Serial console: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/serial-console.html
Hello Magazine: https://www.hellomagazine.com
Unix philosophy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy
And in much more detail: http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch01s06.html
Devuan: https://www.devuan.org