Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Arch Linux (/ ɑːr tʃ /) [7] [8] [g] is an open source, rolling release Linux distribution. Arch Linux is kept up-to-date by regularly updating the individual pieces of software that it comprises. [9] Arch Linux is intentionally minimal, and is meant to be configured by the user during installation so they may add only what they require. [10]
systemd-analyze may be used to determine system boot-up performance statistics and retrieve other state and tracing information from the system and service manager. systemd tracks processes using the Linux kernel's cgroups subsystem instead of using process identifiers (PIDs); thus, daemons cannot "escape" systemd, not even by double-forking.
Artix does not use systemd, instead opting to provide init and service management freedom. Artix offers OpenRC, runit, s6, and dinit [5] in place of systemd. Artix Linux has its own repositories, and it is not recommended by developers to use Arch packages due to differences such as naming conventions and contrasting init systems.
Modern Linux distributions include a /sys directory as a virtual filesystem (sysfs, comparable to /proc, which is a procfs), which stores and allows modification of the devices connected to the system, [20] whereas many traditional Unix-like operating systems use /sys as a symbolic link to the kernel source tree. [21]
SystemRescue is not intended to be used as a permanent operating system. It runs from a Live CD, a USB flash drive or any type of hard drive. It was designed by a team led by François Dupoux, and is based on Arch Linux since version 6.0. [6] Starting with version 6.0, it has systemd as its init system. [7]
GNU Guix System or Guix System [31] [32] (previously known as GuixSD [33]) is a rolling release, free and open source Linux distribution built around Guix, similar to how NixOS is built around Nix. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] It enables a declarative operating system configuration [ 36 ] and allows system upgrades that the user can rollback . [ 37 ]
GRUB 2, elilo and systemd-boot serve as conventional, full-fledged standalone UEFI boot managers (a.k.a. bootloader managers) for Linux. Once loaded by a UEFI firmware, they can access and boot kernel images from all devices, partitions and file systems they support, without being limited to the EFI system partition.
fwupd is an open-source daemon for managing the installation of firmware updates on Linux-based systems, developed by GNOME maintainer Richard Hughes. [1] It is designed primarily for servicing the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware on supported devices via EFI System Resource Table (ESRT) and UEFI Capsule, which is supported in Linux kernel 4.2 and later.