[NTLUG:Discuss] Startup system types

[Chris Cox]

On Mon, 2010-09-06 at 08:35 -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 sure if I'd call Slackware old BSD, but it's close.

Also, a LOT of this is in flux.

I'm not really sure if striving for faster boot ups should be one of the
highest priority items (seems it's main focus is on the ability to boast
and not on trying to solve an actual problem... though there are
certainly cases where faster bootup is something to be solved).

The problem with trying to "fix" this is that often times the solutions
are far less flexible...  consider Sun Solaris as an example of what NOT
to do to "fix" things.

openSUSE uses the sysv style today (and esp true on the enterprise
side).  Upstart ships with openSUSE 11.3 (as an option to sysvinit) and
is there for Fedora.  Not saying that upstart will be the "winner" of
the "must replace sysvinit because" war... but it might be.

So... it MIGHT be that upstart becomes the standard for even RHEL and
SLES someday... we'll see...