From Linux to OSX - 1 Year Later

Re:From Linux to OSX - 1 Year Later by conradev on Sunday September 09, 2012 @07:45PM (#4497499)

> Programs like launchctl (for instance) are not exactly fun to work with, but they do get the job done.

One thing I like about launchd is that on OS X, there is one standard way to launch daemons. On Linux, there are a thousand ways to launch daemons. launchd also has a bunch of features, one of which is to start services on demand, upon connection to a socket, something Ubuntu hasn't had until the latest 12.04 (http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/man8/upstart-socke...). I do agree, however, that OS X shouldn't be used for anything more than a desktop workstation.

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Re:From Linux to OSX - 1 Year Later by chimeracoder on Sunday September 09, 2012 @08:50PM (#4497729)

> On Linux, there are a thousand ways to launch daemons.

Depends on your distro, really - Arch keep things fairly centralized and simple.

I never really got the hang of Ubuntu, though, by comparison.

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Re:From Linux to OSX - 1 Year Later by donniezazen on Sunday September 09, 2012 @11:38PM (#4498196)

I really liked BSD style rc.d and now Arch and other distros are moving to systemd but Ubuntu won't ship it in 12.10.

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Re:From Linux to OSX - 1 Year Later by lucian1900 on Monday September 10, 2012 @04:48AM (#4498886)

launchd isn't bad, but it lacks good admin tools. Even upstart has better admin tools than launchd, and systemd has the best you could ask for.

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