init (systemd) Next, the kernel will start the initialization (init) system – the first process which spawns all processes necessary for the booting process. On most systems, this will be systemd.

Tired of the clunky and sometimes confusing world of GRUB? There’s a streamlined alternative that can significantly simplify your Linux boot process: systemd-boot. Designed to be fast, efficient, and ...

You see, systemd is growing, like wildfire, well outside the bounds of enhancing the Linux boot experience. systemd wants to control most, if not all, of the fundamental functional aspects of a ...

Systemd Targets vs. Runlevels. Systemd targets align with traditional runlevels, facilitating a smoother transition for users familiar with the older system. For example, multi-user.target in systemd ...

1.8K. Is your Linux system taking too long to boot? A slow startup can waste your time and test your patience. The good news is that Linux includes built-in tools that help you find and fix slow boot ...

Version 252 of systemd, as expected, locks down the Linux boot process ... There is improved support for picking up data from the hypervisor while VMs are starting, as well as for booting RISC-V ...

Fresh versions of systemd appear roughly twice a year, apart from release candidates. We reported on the last version, systemd 252, in November last year. As we said at the time, systemd 252 brought ...

Supporting systemd required changes to the WSL architecture. As systemd requires PID 1, the WSL init process started within the Linux distribution becomes a child process of the systemd. Because ...