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Systemd

systemd is a software suite for system and service management on Linux built to unify service configuration and behavior across Linux distributions. Its main component is an init system used to bootstrap user space and manage user processes. It also provides various daemons and utilities, including device management, login management, network connection…

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Developers
systemd team; 345 different authors in 2018 and 2,032 different authors in total
License
LGPLv2.1+
Operating system
Linux
Original author
Lennart Poettering
Release
30 March 2010; 16 years ago (2010-03-30)
Repository
github.com/systemd/systemd

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Systemd

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Systemd

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related to history · 14
Systemd → An April, Fedora Linux, In May, Kay Sievers, Lennart Poettering, Linux, Linux's, Poettering, Red Hat, Rethinking PID, System, The, They, Upstart
related to Reception · 14
Systemd → As, August, BSD-style/etc/rc, Critics, February, In, Patrick Volkerding, Slackware, Slackware's, SysV, The, There, Unix, Volkerding
related to Integration with other software · 13
Systemd → ConsoleKit, ConsoleKit API, Gentoo Linux, GNOME, GNOME Project, However, In, In November, Lennart Poettering, Linux, OpenRC, The, Ubuntu
related to All Systems Go! · 6
Systemd → All Systems Go, Berlin, DBus, Linux, The, TPM
related to Adoption · 4
Systemd → Debian, Devuan, In December, While
Type · 3
Systemd → Process supervisor, Service manager, System software
is a · 3
Systemd → daemon that manages other daemons, software suite for system and service management on Linux built to unify service configuration and behavior across Linux distributions, system and service manager for Linux operating systems.systemctl is a command to introspect and control the state of the systemd system and service manager
related to Core components and libraries · 3
Systemd → Following, Linux, Not
related to Design · 3
Systemd → In May, Poettering, The
related to Forks and alternative implementations · 3
Systemd → Forks, FreeInit, Unix-like

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SystemdDeveloperssystemd team; 345 different authors in 2018 and 2,032 different authors in total1.00infobox
SystemdLicenseLGPLv2.1+1.00infobox
SystemdOperating systemLinux1.00infobox
SystemdOriginal authorLennart Poettering1.00infobox
SystemdRelease30 March 2010; 16 years ago (2010-03-30)1.00infobox
SystemdRepositorygithub.com/systemd/systemd1.00infobox
SystemdStable release261.2 / 23 July 20261.00infobox
SystemdTypeSystem software1.00infobox
SystemdTypeProcess supervisor1.00infobox
SystemdTypeService manager1.00infobox
SystemdWebsitesystemd.io1.00infobox
SystemdWritten inC1.00infobox
Systemdis asoftware suite for system and service management on Linux built to unify service configuration and behavior across Linux distributions0.90text
Systemdis adaemon that manages other daemons0.90text
Systemdis asystem and service manager for Linux operating systems.systemctl is a command to introspect and control the state of the systemd system and service manager0.90text

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