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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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Haven't booted this machine for a month or two... look at these updates! (lemmy.fish)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, systemd hater or not, runit is quite fabulous Imo.

Some software with a hard requirement on systemd will not work, of course. I believe it is possible to run void using systemd, I've never tried though.

I really like runit, but once it's configured, like systemd, I mostly just don't see it anymore - you know what I mean...

Give it a shot, for me it's the packaging system, take a look at it and at the github "void-repository".

I really like how it's working, the simplicity of it, create your own package, your own repository, etc.

The killer features, for me, isn't really runit, but the stability of a rolling distro with the xbps package system.