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Re:Nitro: A tiny but flexible init system and process superv... by MortyWaves on Saturday August 23, 2025 @04:23AM (#44994324)
The thing I don’t like about systemd is the inexplicable need to have multiple files for a service. Why can’t they all be declared in a single unit file?
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Re:Nitro: A tiny but flexible init system and process superv... by broeng on Saturday August 23, 2025 @05:09AM (#44994545)
What do you mean? They can be in a single service file.
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Re:Nitro: A tiny but flexible init system and process superv... by MortyWaves on Saturday August 23, 2025 @06:03AM (#44994776)
All the examples I see is there’s a network unit file, a cron unit file, etc all for one application. It would be nice to colocate.

Then there is composition of multiple applications too.

With docker compose I have a single file for running all my services.

With systemd it has to be N number of files for each service too.

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