More than five years after the Debian GNU/Linux project voted to make systemd the default init system for its distribution, it has now decided, again by a vote, to also care about alternatives to the ...

It was an ugly fight at times. On one side you had Ubuntu favoring its Upstart program to replace the old Unix/Linux init daemon, which oversees the operating system's start-up and shutdown processes.

Despite recent reports suggesting the contrary, Linux Mint isn’t committed to avoiding systemd, the controversial project taking Linux by storm. In fact, Clement Lefebvre, Linux Mint’s project leader, ...

The name is also a play on words with System D, a reference to the French dérouillard (to untangle) or démerder. System D is a manner of responding to challenges that requires fast thinking, adapting, ...

A stable version of Devuan 1.0 has been made available for public consumption, featuring no systemd. The Devuan project was announced at the end of 2014 and aims to be Debian, minus the systemd init ...