Initng
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| Original author(s) | Jimmy Wennlund |
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| Developer(s) | Initng contributors |
| Stable release | 0.6.10.2
/ 11 November 2007 |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | init |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | initng.org |
Initng is a full replacement of the UNIX System V init, the first process spawned by the kernel in Unix-like computer operating systems, which is responsible for the initialization of every other process. Initng's website calls initng "The next generation init system".
Purpose
Many implementations of init (including Sysvinit used in many Linux distributions) start processes in a pre-determined order, and only start a process once the previous process finishes its initialization. Initng starts a process as soon as all of its dependencies are met. It can start several processes in parallel. Initng is designed to significantly increase the speed of booting a Unix-compatible system by starting processes asynchronously. Initng's supporters also claim that it gives the user more statistics and control over the system.
Development
Initng is still beta. There are packages for many distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora Core, as well as ebuilds for Gentoo.
Initng was created by Jimmy Wennlund. The current maintainer and project lead is Ismael Luceno.
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