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Re:Systemd Creator Lands at Microsoft by herewulf on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:57AM (#32011522)
I'm interested in NixOS but it only supports systemd.

Seriously, init systems like OpenRC do one thing and do it well. Where have I heard that before?

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Re:Systemd Creator Lands at Microsoft by UniqueUsername0 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @07:46AM (#32012748)
NixOS doesn't follow the UNIX philosophy in many ways, especially when it comes to systemd. If you want NixOS you will have to use systemd and embrace it. Otherwise you can go the Guix route and try to make the most out of the much inferior ecosystem.
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Re:Systemd Creator Lands at Microsoft by whateveracct on Friday July 08, 2022 @03:40AM (#32023986)
NixOS does systemd right:

- systemd gives the use a unified API for working with services. The journal etc. - Nix gives the programmer a nice way to define systemd units.

If you hate systemd due to normal Linux..NixOS might change your mind.

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Re:Systemd Creator Lands at Microsoft by forgotpwd16 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @05:15PM (#32019537)
Officially yes. Unofficially there're have been attempts to support other init systems, e.g. https://sr.ht/~guido/nixos-init-freedom/ (s6), https://github.com/svanderburg/nix-processmgmt (abstract; allows a few inits).
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