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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] notabot@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Debian works fine without systemd too, there's a page on the wiki on how to install without it, or remove it after the fact.

[–] jkrtn@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A lot of debs add services to systemd, do those just skip that part?

[–] notabot@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

They seem to. Debian explicitly supports multiple init systems, sysvinit being the primary alternative, so packages have to handle systemd-init not being there.

[–] rcbrk@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Easy with sudo apt remove --purge --allow-remove-essential --auto-remove systemd:

The predictable failure of things towards the end of apt running the above command. Still in a gnome terminal, but the apt script couldn't even complete due to a bunch of stuff now missing

Uh-oh.. a black vt on reboot, complaining that no inittab found..

:-D Time to go outside.