Runit is 5474 SLOCs. Most source files are shorter than 100 lines. Works like a charm. Implements an init system; does not replace DNS, syslog, inetd, or anything else.

Systemd, by construction, is a set of Unix-replacing daemons. An ideal embedded system setup is kernel, systemd, and the containers it runs (even without podman). This makes sense, especially given the Red Hat's line of business, but it has little relation to the Unix design, or to learning how to do things from scratch.

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binkHN 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I use runit on my production workstation and don't think about it; it just works.

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p_ing 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> but it has little relation to the Unix design

It's more like Windows! /duck

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its_magic 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I have been saying for years that Microsoft would eventually deprecate WinNT and switch Windows over to a Linux foundation. Things seem to be slowly but continually moving in that direction.

	▲	p_ing 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Makes no sense to dump a superior kernel and executive for Linux. The Win32 layer is the issue, not the underbelly.