最近發帖太少了，於是決定水一帖大的。今天我要介紹一個名叫 Artix 的 distro, 可能各位聽都沒聽過。但是不要緊，systemd 總聽過吧？這個 Artix 就是不滿 systemd 的 Arch users 建立的 distro.
在現在 systemd 統治各大 distro 的時代（除了 Gentoo 基本都用），為什麽我還要介紹這麽一個故意不用 systemd 的衍生 distro 呢？原因當然就是，我也是反 systemd 勢力的其中一員囉。
要說 systemd 有何罪狀，得從頭說起。Systemd 取代 sysvinit 成為 Archlinux 的 default init system, 大概是 12~13 年那一段時間。當時遇到的第一個問題就是操作和配置非常費勁，原本方便透明的 Shell 腳本被一坨莫名其妙的東西取代了。換句話說，感覺 user 對 system 的控制力下降了。再後來就是 systemd 的職能問題。根據 UNIX 的哲學，An init system must be an init system, 而 systemd 卻到處攻城略地，功高震主。反正就是，看這個東西很不爽。
那怎麽辦呢？最簡單粗暴的方法就是換 Gentoo. 然而編譯的高開銷破機器實在消受不起，所以只能另尋出路。後來我找到了一個 repo, 可以提供 OpenRC 以及各種 non-systemd patched packages, 把 init system 改成了 OpenRC. 再後來，這個 repo 就變成了今天的 Artix distro.
Artix 提供一個 700M+ 的 LXQT live, 做得還挺精致的，啟動的時候就可以選擇時區和語言，而且自帶的語言還不少。不過畢竟是體積小，沒有輸入法和瀏覽器。
Artix 的官方網站在 artixlinux.org, ISO 要到 SF 下載，可能比較慢，所以我也往度盤放了一份 /s/1ggmj6D1
要安裝 Artix, 除了用 Live 全新安裝以外，亦可以從 Arch 直接滾過去，詳見 systemd-free.org/news.php#170727
. 使用這種方法需要注意風險。
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補一張 pacman 的圖

iTWire: Systemd seems to depart to a large extent from the original idea of simplicity that was a hallmark of UNIX systems. Would you agree? And is this a good or a bad thing?
Linus Torvalds: So I think many of the "original ideals" of UNIX are these days more of a mindset issue than necessarily reflecting reality of the situation.
There's still value in understanding the traditional UNIX "do one thing and do it well" model where many workflows can be done as a pipeline of simple tools each adding their own value, but let's face it, it's not how complex systems really work, and it's not how major applications have been working or been designed for a long time. It's a useful simplification, and it's still true at *some* level, but I think it's also clear that it doesn't really describe most of reality.
It might describe some particular case, though, and I do think it's a useful teaching tool. People obviously still do those traditional pipelines of processes and file descriptors that UNIX is perhaps associated with, but there's a *lot* of cases where you have big complex unified systems.
And systemd is in no way the piece that breaks with old UNIX legacy. Graphical applications seldom worked that way (there are certainly _echoes_ of it in things like "LyX", but I think it's the exception rather than the rule), and then there's obviously the traditional counter-example of GNU emacs, where it really was not about the "simple UNIX model", but a whole new big infrastructure thing. Like systemd.
Now, I'm still old-fashioned enough that I like my log-files in text, not binary, so I think sometimes systemd hasn't necessarily had the best of taste, but hey, details..

有一天开发突然问服务器上有没有装systemd，我说没有。开发就问能不能装个systemd来做进程管理……问题服务器是centos6的……不知道他们哪里听来用systemd做进程管理的……

这个帖子.可以去linux distribution timeline 提一个iss.

虽然一直用gentoo,但是早先听闻Arch的AUR中有openrc的包.
现在主力gentoo用的还是system的,ESXI里gentoo总是莫名其妙的各种错误,换openrc省心.

虽然systemd为了省了不少新,但是我还是喜欢独立的去配置各种信息
systemd的并发启动确实优秀,但是对于服务器来说启动速度并不能体现服务器的价值
日志管理,据说systemd更优秀..吧主有什么看法,来说下.
@九十钩圈凯_

这名字取得

systemd这么好用的为什么要反对它
服务器配置好之后一个systemctl解决全部问题

萌新两年多前才入坑从没用过除systemd外的init
话说吧主真一直就是Arch+OpenRC一路过来的？

在 Artix 刚出来时科大镜像站那边提交过申请，卡在了 need vote... 后来 SF 的源没了之后基本就没有源了...
[extra] 和 [community] 用 Arch 的倒还行...
Init 的选择嘛... 倒没啥偏好...

mark

关注下，有多种选择总氏好事。。。gnux世界的特点本就氏花样百出，各取所需。