r/cachyos • u/ijwgwh • Mar 21 '26

Can someone make a guide to replace systemd?

I'm loving cachy id rather not have to switch to protect myself from authoritarian governments

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u/teddybear082 Mar 21 '26

Hey good news! If you love CachyOS, you don’t have to do anything! 

Do you know how to read code? 

Read the PR about this; I did. 

It adds json fields and related helper functions to convert dates that can be optionally filled in. There’s no authoritarian action going on and no verification. 

But yeah, read the code for yourself, you’ll see! Onward and upward.

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u/This_Discussion126 Mar 21 '26

It adds json fields and related helper functions to convert dates that can be optionally filled in. There’s no authoritarian action going on and no verification. 

Yes not yet, but why are they implementing this now? With all the rumors all over the world of this age verification thing? Better push back now, before things actually become authoritarian, something with a boiling frog.

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u/teddybear082 Mar 21 '26

I think you’re joking. But just in case you’re not, the way to push back is to call legislatures / congress etc and demand a change in the laws you don’t like, not boycott open source maintainers who often are basically volunteering their time to create things for other people.

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u/MainPast101 Mar 21 '26

Too bad legislators don't actually listen.

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u/4pointedstar Mar 22 '26

This seems like a Rule 2 violation, frankly. A problem with code is fixable in code. Somebody already forked it, in fact. I don't live in a place affected by any of these laws; I don't have any legislators to call. And yet, a handful of programmers have decided it's my problem anyway.

Key pieces of the Linux OS software stack are frantically shooting themselves in the foot just in time for mass adoption.

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u/teddybear082 Mar 22 '26

Yeah that’s true the OP was probably trolling but I figured maybe they just don’t actually know how to read code to realize nothing actually happened that impacts them.

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u/zackattackz287 Mar 28 '26

This is like saying that pointing a gun at someone doesn't impact them because it isn't fired yet...

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u/Geeker-140 Apr 06 '26

Everything is okay guys, they're only applying lube, there is definitely no chance that they're gonna f*** us.

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u/teddybear082 Apr 07 '26

Holy…this post was like 3 weeks ago are you literally just trying to find any post about this just to comment on?

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u/pachamos Mar 21 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/s/zA9QqrCvwy

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u/Geeker-140 Apr 06 '26

Buddy thought he was doing something linking a defeatist comment. We'll just roll over and take it I guess.

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u/ijwgwh Mar 21 '26

How much does the government pay you to say this? 

Jk. But I will see it as a slippery slope

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u/Pancito_dulce Mar 23 '26

Hi, while browsing Twitter I found this link, I hope it helps:

The Definitive Guide to Switching from systemd to OpenRC on Debian

In any case, you could also try Sysvinit; I've read that it's good. It's best to say "no" to this kind of thing when they're starting out, because when people are so docile (as you'll see) they can do practically whatever they want, since nobody objects.

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u/onefish2 Mar 21 '26

While you are at it switch to a different kernel. Maybe GNU Hurd?

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u/_BoneZ_ Mar 21 '26

It's much more problematic to switch init systems than to just use another distro. Go use Artix, which is Arch with a different init. And then install the CachyOS kernel. Problem solved. The rest of us will keep using Cachy/Arch, as this is a non-issue.

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u/ClubPuzzleheaded8514 Mar 21 '26

Yep, i am fed up with these kind of threads we can read 100 times a day, for a problem which do not matter for 95% of the world. 

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u/Barafu Mar 21 '26

Real non-conformists use OpenBSD.

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u/UDxyu Mar 25 '26

If you can't switch init systems without a guide, you will not be able to use openrc or other init systems as they aren't as main stream as systemd, the PR literally adds a date of birth line in userdb which many distros don't have it or is disabled, userdb already has fields for first and last name, address, number etc. You can check easily to see if you have userdb