• lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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      11 months ago

      What on Earth for. I don’t think I’ve used it more than a couple of times over the last 5 years, and that was for arcane stuff like enabling rc.local (which is something every user should probably not know about…)

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        11 months ago

        scheduling processes, enabling services, debug services and a shit load of other things that advanced users need.

      • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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        11 months ago

        Plex, CUPS (printing services), Minecraft servers, VPN, file sharing, DHCP/DNS/Wifi, bluetooth are some examples of basic level things systemd can help regular users manage.

        Systemd goes far beyond that too.