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Hate Systemd? A New Init System(Nitro) Debuts as a Minimalist Process Supervisor for Linux (github.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@programming.dev
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Nitro is a tiny process supervisor that also can be used as pid 1 on Linux.

There are four main applications it is designed for:

  • As init for a Linux machine for embedded, desktop or server purposes
  • As init for a Linux initramfs
  • As init for a Linux container (Docker/Podman/LXC/Kubernetes)
  • As unprivileged supervision daemon on POSIX systems

Nitro is configured by a directory of scripts, defaulting to /etc/nitro (or the first command line argument).

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[–] 18 points 1 year ago

Why would I hate systemd? It has fixed many of the problems with desktop Linux that many people refused to even admit were problems. This looks like it throws all that away.

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    [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Oh, was it already time to reinvent the wheel? Again?

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    [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    idk why bring up systemd in this. it seems like a minimal simple init system for specific niches, not something you'd run on a desktop or a server.

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