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Re: Replace systemd



On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 16:39:26 -0400 Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 08:42:11PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> > Simply put; systemd doesn't suit me. Its a bit like being asked to
> > use an graphical editor instead of vi. Or being forced to use
> > Windows. My laptop doesn't feel like my machine anymore.
> > 
> > Is there a pure Debian alternative?
> 
> You may switch to one of the other init systems.  Assuming stretch
> (Debian 9):
> 
> To use sysvinit, simply "apt-get install sysvinit-core" and reboot.
> 
> To use runit, "apt-get install runit-systemd", reboot, "apt-get
> install runit-init", and reboot again.
> 

I can verify both these work.  I've been running two versions of
Stretch in VirtualBox on a Wheezy host.  No problems.  I even added
runit supervision to the sysvinit one, and it works without problems.
Didn't remove anything systemd.  Just left it for dependenies.  Both
new inits survive update/upgrades even if systemd components are
upgraded.

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