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tiny but flexible init system and process supervisor - leahneukirchen/nitro

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36342010

Nitro is a tiny process supervisor that also can be used as pid 1 on Linux.

There are four main applications it is designed for:

  • As init for a Linux machine for embedded, desktop or server purposes
  • As init for a Linux initramfs
  • As init for a Linux container (Docker/Podman/LXC/Kubernetes)
  • As unprivileged supervision daemon on POSIX systems

Nitro is configured by a directory of scripts, defaulting to /etc/nitro (or the first command line argument).

  • Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I’m a very mid-level Linux user. I use systemd because I’m just not familiar with how init systems actually work. I love that the choice is there, but I think systemd has it’s place with users like me that get confused.

    That being said, I did run Dracut on EndeavourOS because it was recommended for that distro. I never dived into it to see what the exact difference was, though I do remember running into some things I needed to do that Dracut did differently. There may come a day when I dive into inits, but for now I’m just happy if my system boots to desktop.

    • gens@programming.dev
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      3 days ago

      Inits are simple. If you know gnu make, it’s about as complicated as you can make an init.

      SystemD is not just an init. That’s the problem.

    • TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Dracut is an initramfs generator, not an init system. They do completely different things. You were still using systemd as an init system.