Linux, the powerhouse behind countless servers and desktops worldwide, relies heavily on an initialization (init) system to bootstrap user space and manage system processes after booting.

Control services, read logs, profile boot time, and inspect crashes with these four built-in systemd tools.

MX Linux 25.1 restores the ability to switch init systems – the killer feature of MX Linux of old.… The update follows a very short beta period – 25.1 beta 1 appeared a week earlier. Then again, this ...

Supporting systemd required changes to the WSL architecture. As systemd requires PID 1, the WSL init process started within the Linux distribution becomes a child process of the systemd. Because the ...

Microsoft and Canonical have teamed up to add systemd support to the Windows Subsystem for Linux, allowing a larger number of compatible apps to be installed. systemd is a Linux software application ...