Emacs standing alone on a Linux Kernel

Re:Emacs standing alone on a Linux Kernel by tenebrisalietum on Thursday April 20, 2023 @12:19PM (#35642344)

The Linux kernel, when it boots, will perform all its setup, then launch a program.

That program has traditionally been `/sbin/init` which launches all background things that need to be running, including your `getty`'s for console login, your `sshd` for SSH login, and your `gdm`'s or what not for GUI login.

Lately it's `systemd` which does the same in a less simple but more flexible/featureful manner.

Here, there is literally no other process running but Emacs - it's your "login shell."

This is the first step in replacing `systemd` with `emacs`, and it will take less space and be easier to use. /s

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Re:Emacs standing alone on a Linux Kernel by HeckFeck on Thursday April 20, 2023 @12:33PM (#35642513)

Finally, I get to write my init scripts in Emacs Lisp!

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Re:Emacs standing alone on a Linux Kernel by samus on Thursday April 20, 2023 @12:45PM (#35642692)

You know, .emacs bankruptcy is a thing...

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DotEmacsBankruptcy

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Re:Emacs standing alone on a Linux Kernel by throwanem on Thursday April 20, 2023 @10:39PM (#35649197)

"Build one to throw away. You will anyway."

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Re:Emacs standing alone on a Linux Kernel by samus on Friday April 21, 2023 @01:49PM (#35657471)

As in software engineering, the art is to build a solution that can be easily taken apart for spare parts when it becomes time to change or refactor it.

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Re:Emacs standing alone on a Linux Kernel by bigdict on Thursday April 20, 2023 @07:01PM (#35647699)

This is the only actually helpful comment, thank you.

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