Steve Litt <slitt@???> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> At the Wednesday, 3/1/2023 online GoLUG meeting, Steve Litt will
> discuss the ins and outs of the runit init system. He'll cover the
> benefits and drawbacks of runit, and how its features compare to
> each of the several other Free Software init systems. And of
> course, the definition of an init system and how it works will be
> discussed.

A definition of init could be useful here: That's the one program the
kernel knows about[*]. After the kernel finished
booting, it creates a process and executes the init program. [**]

[*] Historically, the kernel would create a process for each terminal
connected to the system and then execute /bin/sh in this process to
enable interactive usage by multiple users.

[**] That was in the olden times, when computers were large and
powerful. Puny laptops of today can't do this anymore and need a much
more efficient solution.

:->