linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Looking for a distro with BSD init scripts

The init sequence stuff is something I have not studied as yet. It was my understanding, though, that both the BSD init and the sysv init was being replaced (or already has been replaced) in a number of distros by Upstart.

From my admittedly limited understanding, isn't an event-driven method somewhat cleaner than a batch-oriented process?

David

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Scott <scottro@...> wrote:
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> On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 12:52:45PM -0600, Donald Cooley wrote:
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> > I was wondering if some people could help me find a distro that uses
> > BSD-style init scripts. I have been experimenting with OpenBSD and I
> > really prefer the BSD-style init scripts over the SysV style. That's
> > just my opinion and I don't want to debate the merits of either one.
> > What I would like is to hear from users who have a distro that uses
> > the BSD-style init scripts. I have installed Slackware but was
> > disappointed to find that it's moved to SysV style.
>
> I didn't know that. Hrrmph.
>
> >
> > I've found Arch and Crux both use the BSD style. I like Arch's
> > documentation and would definitely go for it but I am put off with the
> > rolling release. I don't want to fix my system constantly. Perhaps I
> > am wrong about that.
>
> Arch's system works rather well, usually. Also, when there is a problem,
> since its userbase is comparatively small, compared to say, Ubuntu or
> Fedora, you can often simply email a developer directly to find out
> what's wrong. Unlike abovementioned, they actually listen to the
> users--though in fairness, many Fedora/Ubuntu, etc. users aren't that
> technically adept and would just post messages like, you broke sound in
> my Fedora. What's wrong? plz hlp, thx.
>
> One that might interest you (though honestly, I don't know about their
> startup script style), is a newcomer
>
> http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/
>
> It's Debian with a freebsd kernel. I haven't tried it, but it does seem
> interesting--it uses PF rather than IPtables, and has jails.
> I suspect it will take work, at present, at least, to get it going
> properly, and I simply haven't had the time to play with it yet.
>
>
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