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

submitted 10 months 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] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The dependency system takes a bit to understand but compared to like upstart it was a massive improvement.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Everybody gangsta until A start job is running for ... (10s / 1min 30s)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Or, even worse, A start job is running for ... (10s / no limit)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't see how exactly that is systemd's fault.

You are blaming it for having proper dependency handling?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I'm blaming it for making it a pain in the ass to debug dependency problems and for having the confusing, non-intuitive, overly verbose and redundant syntax that probably caused the problem in the first place.

Like, who the hell can memorize all the subtle differences in behavior between After=, Requires=, Wants=, Requisite=, BindsTo=, PartOf=, UpHolds= and then all their "reverse" equivalents?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

lol, that brought back memories