Linux From Scratch ends SysVinit support

Re:Linux From Scratch ends SysVinit support by charcircuit on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:08AM (#46867151)

Linux is literally 62k C files. The amount of time you'll spend understanding how Linux works will dwarf systemd. At least when studying systemd you will be learning a more modern approach of init systems.

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Re:Linux From Scratch ends SysVinit support by varjag on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @07:40AM (#46870296)

Most of those files are device/fs/network drivers and various arch support. The core you need to comprehend is not that much larger than systemd.

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Re:Linux From Scratch ends SysVinit support by its_magic on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @06:03PM (#46878663)

Or to put it another way, systemd has grown to become so large and complex it's like a kernel unto itself.

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