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MX Linux 25.1 brings back switchable init systems
Quoting: MX Linux 25.1 brings back switchable init systems —
In other words, 25.1 restores one of the most distinctive and useful features of MX Linux: the ability to choose your init system as the computer boots. The MX Linux 25 release back in November last year made you choose before installation, and the KDE Plasma edition was only available with systemd.
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MX Linux 25.1 Features Dual Init System ISO » Linux Magazine
Are you a fan of systemd or do you prefer SysVinit? Either way, you'll be glad to know that the latest release of MX Linux caters to both.
With the unleashing of MX Linux 25.1, you'll find both systemd and SysVinit on the same ISO. This choice was made to reduce the number of builds the developers had to do, while also catering to both camps. The caveat to this is that if you installed MX Linux from the 25.0 ISO, you'll have to stick with the init system you chose, unless you're willing to work through the process the developers have outlined for transitioning to the dual init system.
Related to the dual init system ISO, there are some user-oriented changes. The tendency for MX-23 to break polkit/dbus on either logging in or out does not appear to happen with this version. Systemd will continue to get updates via Debian (and not MX Linux). Finally, since snapshots currently do not have dual init menus, snapshot users will get the installed system's default init as the live default.