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		charcircuit 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux From Scratch ends SysVinit support Linux is literally 62k C files. The amount of time you'll spend understanding how Linux works will dwarf systemd. At least when studying systemd you will be learning a more modern approach of init systems.

varjag 26 days ago | [–]

Most of those files are device/fs/network drivers and various arch support. The core you need to comprehend is not that much larger than systemd.

its_magic 26 days ago | | [–]

Or to put it another way, systemd has grown to become so large and complex it's like a kernel unto itself.

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