A system without systemd?

[Liam Proven]

On Tue, 16 Nov 2021 at 17:55, Jose Luis Alarcon Sanchez
<jlalarcon at planetmail.net> wrote:
>
> It's possible take out systemd from an Ubuntu system?, and that system
> will run correctly?.
>
> What steps must follow for it?.
>
> Thanks, very much, in advance.

Not as far as I know, no, it is not.

However, Ubuntu is derived from Debian. Debian publish instructions on
how to install without systemd:

https://wiki.debian.org/systemd#Installing_without_systemd

Others have more info:

https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/2020/07/02/319/
https://dquinton.github.io/debian-install/helps/17-remove-systemd.html
https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-replace-systemd-with-sysv-init-on-debian-linux

So, first, if you wish for a computer with an Ubuntu-like OS without
systemd, first install Debian and get to know it.

There is also a fork of Debian which does not have systemd at all, and
also removes all other programs that need systemd. It is called
Devuan.

https://www.devuan.org/

I have a test installation of Devuan and I quite like it. It is very
similar to Debian, but slightly lighter-weight.

As I understand it,  the latest release of Devuan has added back the
GNOME desktop removed from older Devuan releases. I do not like or use
GNOME myself, but this is impressive, because several parts of GNOME
depend on systemd.

My Devuan system runs the Xfce desktop, which works very well.

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