On 03/07/17, Greg Wooledge (wool...@eeg.ccf.org) wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 08:42:11PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > Simply put; systemd doesn't suit me. Its a bit like being asked to use > > an graphical editor instead of vi. Or being forced to use Windows. My > > laptop doesn't feel like my machine anymore. > > > > Is there a pure Debian alternative? > > You may switch to one of the other init systems. Assuming stretch > (Debian 9): > > To use sysvinit, simply "apt-get install sysvinit-core" and reboot. > > To use runit, "apt-get install runit-systemd", reboot, "apt-get install > runit-init", and reboot again.
For some reason I couldn't get my i3 wm to work with sysvinit-core. Am trying runit and so far so good. Thank you for the tips.
