Eleven init systems enter, one init system leaves.
  • Safeguard@beehaw.org
    61·
    3 hours ago

    I agree. For a init system.

    I don’t like the “takeover” of network and home folders. (It feels like a takeover for me)

  • Quik@infosec.pub
    36·
    5 hours ago

    One thing the author probably hasn’t done yet or doesn’t mention is that you can configure .container services with systemd (often called quadlets), e.g. a simole MariaDB this:

    [Unit]
Description=MariaDB container

[Container]
Image=docker.io/mariadb:latest
Environment=MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=rootpassword
Environment=MYSQL_USER=testuser
Environment=MYSQL_PASSWORD=testpassword
Environment=MYSQL_DATABASE=testdb

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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    This is superb, because it means your containers finally feel well-integrated with the rest of the OS and you can use systemctl, journalctl, etc. just like you would with other services.

    • Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
      6·
      4 hours ago

      Excuse me, peasant crontab enjoyer here, but what?! I could write a (mostly) declarative system without having to learn Nix?! I should probably be learning systemd anyway, it’s looking more and more like the present, let alone the future.

      I run a bunch of remote reverse proxies that are functionally identical, but for having a different Cloudflare key and calling for a different static IP

      Could I write the entire config to a self hosted Git > pull that repo > change those two variables and have a running machine?

      Remote updates have been kicking my ass, I either can’t wrap my head around Screen or it isn’t fit for my need. Being able to pull the new config from Git over Tailscale and then run it would be game changing for me.

  • troed@fedia.io
    31·
    5 hours ago

    Unix grey beard here.

    Yes. Distros with systemd are simply easier to maintain.

  • Sibbo@sopuli.xyz
    10·
    5 hours ago

    When I was starting to use Linux in the late 2010s, I was quite confused by how all the init stuff worked. Now that I use NixOS and systemd, I’m things have become really easy. I could write a simple backup system by chaining a few services together without problems.

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
      162·
      5 hours ago

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