Sep 16, 2025 · OpenRC — a dependency-based init system for Unix-like systems that maintains compatibility with the system-provided init system (see the openrc-init sub-article).

OpenRC is an init system that you can install on Gentoo. Systemd is an init system almost every other distro on the planet uses. Why is so much hate being spewed in regards to the init …

OpenRC builds on top of sysvinit and adds some more useful features (like parallel booting) while still the simplicity that sysvinit is know for. Because of this it generally boots faster than other …

Aug 13, 2024 · In the world of Linux, the debate over init systems has sparked heated discussions, often referred to as "flame wars." These discussions revolve around different …

Jul 8, 2022 · This means that by default startup with OpenRC is slower than with systemd, but you can also more easily see exactly what’s going on. OpenRC has a much more expressive and …

Nov 25, 2024 · Explore a detailed comparison of systemd and other init systems. Understand the differences, advantages, and disadvantages to help you choose the right init

Though Upstart jobs and OpenRC runfiles are equally easy to maintain, and that's not what has been discussed: others wrote that systemd is hard to maintain, and debugging a system which …

For simple things openrc scripts are barely any more complicated to read/write than systemd service files and for more complex stuff you don't have to trial-and-error your way through …

Jul 21, 2024 · This article is for users that have recently converted from OpenRC to systemd. It contains a list of commands commonly used in OpenRC and its equivalent systemd command.

Dec 30, 2022 · I'd like to fully migrate my system away from systemd to openrc as the init system and service manager, while still retaining Arch Linux as the base OS. I've already read the …