• lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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    1 year 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…)

    • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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      1 year 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.

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      1 year ago

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