Init Freedom | Devuan GNU+Linux Free Operating System
Devuan GNU+Linux is a free software operating system for your computer. Free software means
you are free
to use, copy and distribute, study, change the software, and share your modifications with the community.
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Init Freedom
Init Freedom is about restoring a sane approach to PID1 that respects portability, diversity and freedom of choice. Devuan uses the
sysvinit
init system by default.
Alternate Init Systems
The following init systems are either available or being considered for inclusion in Devuan:
openrc
(available since ASCII)
runit
(available since Beowulf)
sinit
s6
shepherd
GNU/Linux Distributions offering alternate inits
The GNU/Linux distributions mentioned here support init options that are
portable
compatible
small
fast
, and
secure
antiX
sysvinit
and
runit
Artix
openrc
runit
s6
, and
dinit
Devuan:
sysvinit
(default),
openrc
runit
. Please test
sinit
Gentoo
openrc
(see
Gentoo without systemd
Guix
shepherd
Hyperbola
openrc
and
runit
KNOPPIX
knoppix-autoconfig
MX Linux
sysvinit
(default),
systemd
Obarun
s6 supervision suite
Parabola
openrc
sysvinit
s6
systemd
(default)
PCLinuxOS
sysvinit
Slackware
sysvinit
Stali
sinit
Void Linux
runit
The most current list of distributions that use inits other than systemd can be found at
Distrowatch
Other Free Unices Without systemd
One of the critical arguments against systemd is the lack of portability to other Unices and the possibility that Linux-based systems using systemd would detach from the UNIX world. OpenBSD, FreeBSD and other
BSD
OS
es are
de facto
incompatible with systemd or rather, systemd is incompatible with Unices not running Linux.
The
BSD
family:
FreeBSD
OpenBSD
NetBSD
DragonFly BSD
and other BSD derivatives
Other UNICES
GNU/Hurd
Minix
OpenIndiana
Plan 9
Inferno
Alternate Device Managers
eudev
: Gentoo’s fork of
udev
removed the systemd dependency so it is compatible with other init environments.
eudev
has been the device manager in Devuan since ASCII.
mdev
: The device manager of BusyBox is
mdev
vdev
: Jude Nelson’s
vdev
(no link)
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