[NTLUG:Discuss] Startup system types

[Wayne Walker]

On Mon, Sep 06, 2010 at 08:35:19AM -0500, terry wrote:
> Is this a good or accurate way of describing these differences?
> =============================
> Debian derivatives use "upstart"
> RedHat / SuSe derivatives use "system v"
> Slackware and it's variants use the old BSD-style layout
> =============================

Not really.  For most of the life of Linux, most distros used Sys V.

Recently, distros are starting to move to it.  

http://upstart.ubuntu.com/
  Look on the right side.

    * Ubuntu 6.10 and later
    * Fedora 9 and later
    * Debian (as an option)

http://blog.delouw.ch/2010/04/23/a-brief-test-of-rhel-6-beta-1/
  Says Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 beta uses upstart.

So I'd say:

  Lagging and old distros use Sys V; new, modern distros use upstart.

I didn't check for any other distros, just the main 4.

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