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

submitted 1 year ago by TCB13@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The core unit file format is verbose and somewhat awkward, and the *ctl utilities are messy and sometimes unfriendly.

While I agree with the rest I don't particularly believe in this. The unit format is well structured and solves many pitfalls of previous approaches, it also supports configuring a myriad of different things from mounts to sockets and the network in a nice way.

[–] astraeus@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

I find systemctl to do a much better job than any alternative that comes stock with distros. I’m looking at you service