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I upvoted this because I think these sort of tutorials are a good thing. I've learned many things with tutorials like this, which are a great starting point (I

I upvoted this because I think these sort of tutorials are a good thing. I've learned many things with tutorials like this, which are a great starting point (I used to spend ages reading through tldp howtos etc). That said, I'd like to see more such descriptive docs about the modern Linux system. I confess, I know very little about how Systemd, dbus, whatever does device management and filesystem mounting, switching of networks in network-manager etc work. I use these daily and I have a vague idea but I would like to read a doc that just opens the boot, points at things and describes them, so to speak. Any recommendations?

JdeBP 8y ago
Not the thing that you have upvoted, certainly. (-: It's significantly wrong for a systemd operating system from step #3 onwards. * https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/394238/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/394238/5132 * https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/196014/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/196014/5132 * https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/236968/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/236968/5132 * https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/233855/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/233855/5132 * https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/194218/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/194218/5132 * https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/333922/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/333922/5132 It is important to also look at the further reading, which points to quite a lot of stuff. Of course, there are other systems, for which the headlined article is also quite wrong. * http://smarden.org/runit/runit.8.html http://smarden.org/runit/runit.8.html * http://skarnet.org/software/s6-linux-init/quickstart.html http://skarnet.org/software/s6-linux-init/quickstart.html / http://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/why.html http://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/why.html / http://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/overview.html http://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/overview.html * http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#system-phases http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#system-phases * http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide.html http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide.html / http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/ http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/ / http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/gazetteer.html http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/gazetteer.html / http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/startup-and-shutdown.html http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/startup-and-shutdown.h... / http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/networking.html http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/networking.html ... and so forth.

JdeBP 8y ago

Not the thing that you have upvoted, certainly. (-: It's significantly wrong for a systemd operating system from step #3 onwards. * https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/394238/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/394238/5132 * https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/196014/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/196014/5132 * https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/236968/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/236968/5132 * https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/233855/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/233855/5132 * https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/194218/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/194218/5132 * https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/333922/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/333922/5132 It is important to also look at the further reading, which points to quite a lot of stuff. Of course, there are other systems, for which the headlined article is also quite wrong. * http://smarden.org/runit/runit.8.html http://smarden.org/runit/runit.8.html * http://skarnet.org/software/s6-linux-init/quickstart.html http://skarnet.org/software/s6-linux-init/quickstart.html / http://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/why.html http://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/why.html / http://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/overview.html http://skarnet.org/software/s6-rc/overview.html * http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#system-phases http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#system-phases * http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide.html http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide.html / http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/ http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/ / http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/gazetteer.html http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/gazetteer.html / http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/startup-and-shutdown.html http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/startup-and-shutdown.h... / http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/networking.html http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/networking.html ... and so forth.