EINIT
Encyclopedia
eINIT is a replacement for sysvinit, an init
system used on Unix-based operating system
s. eINIT is designed with speed in mind. Many testers claim that their systems boot up
in 30 seconds, whereas sysvinit takes around two minutes to boot.
eINIT is still beta software
and its creator warns:
Arguably, this warning is currently quite outdated; most of these bugs have been fixed and stable releases tend to be stable enough for use. This led to the Sabayon
Linux distribution
approaching eINIT developers about including eINIT as an alternative to their current init; due to bad timing, however, this has been postponed to the 2008 release of Sabayon.
On September 15, 2008 was announced that "... basically einit has been abandoned and we're prepping up a successor called 'kyuba'"
Init
init is a program for Unix-based computer operating systems that spawns all other processes. It runs as a daemon and typically has PID 1. The boot loader starts the kernel and the kernel starts init...
system used on Unix-based operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
s. eINIT is designed with speed in mind. Many testers claim that their systems boot up
Booting
In computing, booting is a process that begins when a user turns on a computer system and prepares the computer to perform its normal operations. On modern computers, this typically involves loading and starting an operating system. The boot sequence is the initial set of operations that the...
in 30 seconds, whereas sysvinit takes around two minutes to boot.
eINIT is still beta software
Development stage
A software release life cycle refers to the phases of development and maturity for a piece of computer software—ranging from its initial development, to its eventual release, and updated versions of the released version to help improve software or fix bugs still present in the software.- Pre-alpha...
and its creator warns:
Note, this is very beta software, and should be used as such. You may have problems with it, such as random reboots, filesystem corruption, etc. It seems that on most machines it will not cleanly unmount filesystems, but this is being worked on and may be fixed by the time you read this. Also some people experience random reboots and lockups after install, but these seem to sort themselves out after a couple of times, so don’t give up!
Arguably, this warning is currently quite outdated; most of these bugs have been fixed and stable releases tend to be stable enough for use. This led to the Sabayon
SabayonLinux
Sabayon Linux or Sabayon , is a Gentoo-based Linux distribution created by Fabio Erculiani and the Sabayon development team. Sabayon follows the "Out of the box" philosophy, aiming to give the user a wide number of applications ready to use and a self-configured operating system...
Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...
approaching eINIT developers about including eINIT as an alternative to their current init; due to bad timing, however, this has been postponed to the 2008 release of Sabayon.
On September 15, 2008 was announced that "... basically einit has been abandoned and we're prepping up a successor called 'kyuba'"