Difference between revisions of "OpenRC, an alternative to systemd"

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[https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OpenRC OpenRC] is a dependency based [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Init init] system maintained by the Gentoo developers, that works with the system provided init program, normally [http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/sysvinit sysvinit]. It is not a replacement for sysvinit.
[https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OpenRC OpenRC] is a dependency based [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Init init] system maintained by the Gentoo developers, that works with the system provided init program, normally [http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/sysvinit sysvinit]. It is not a replacement for sysvinit.


It is an alternative to [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ systemd], for users that like more control over their system and do not want all the features that systemd provides and automatically activates.
It is an alternative to [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ systemd] for users that like more control over their system, and do not want all the features that systemd provides and automatically activates.


== Installation ==
== Installation ==
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Note that it will boot to a command line, as the service for a graphical display manager has not yet been installed.
Note that it will boot to a command line, as the service for a graphical display manager has not yet been installed.


On installing ''openrc-base'', you may get messages like:
On installing ''openrc-base'', you can get messages like:


  run 'rc-update add dbus default'
  run 'rc-update add dbus default'
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