On Mon, 3 Jul 2017 16:39:26 -0400 Greg Wooledge <wool...@eeg.ccf.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 08:42:11PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > Simply put; systemd doesn't suit me. Its a bit like being asked to > > use an graphical editor instead of vi. Or being forced to use > > Windows. My laptop doesn't feel like my machine anymore. > > > > Is there a pure Debian alternative? > > You may switch to one of the other init systems. Assuming stretch > (Debian 9): > > To use sysvinit, simply "apt-get install sysvinit-core" and reboot. > > To use runit, "apt-get install runit-systemd", reboot, "apt-get > install runit-init", and reboot again. > I can verify both these work. I've been running two versions of Stretch in VirtualBox on a Wheezy host. No problems. I even added runit supervision to the sysvinit one, and it works without problems. Didn't remove anything systemd. Just left it for dependenies. Both new inits survive update/upgrades even if systemd components are upgraded. B
