Alternative Init System

Lee Revell rlrevell at joe-job.com
Sun Feb 26 22:44:33 GMT 2006


On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 16:29 -0600, Rocco Stanzione wrote:
> I'd be surprised if this hasn't been brought up before, but since I haven't 
> seen it I'd like to mention it here.  My experience with supervisor-style 
> init systems, specifically runit-run, has left me with the opinion that the 
> sysV system has served its purpose and is ready to be replaced.  I spend a 
> lot of time on the support channels on IRC and I'd say startup times are 
> among the top 20 complaints I see.

Have you tried Dapper?  It boots WAY faster than Breezy, I have not
timed it but it feels almost as fast as XP.

Lee




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