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| Initng | |
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| Original author | Jimmy Wennlund |
| Developer | Initng contributors |
| Initial release | March 16, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-03-16) |
| Stable release | 2.6.10 / March 24, 2007; 18 years ago (2007-03-24) |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Available in | English |
| Type | init |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | Archived 2016-04-04 at theWayback Machine |
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Initng is a full replacement of theUNIX System Vinit, the first process spawned by thekernel inUnix-like computeroperating systems, which is responsible for the initialization of every other process. Initng's website calls initng "The next generation init system".
Many implementations of init (including Sysvinit used in manyLinux 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 claim that it also gives the user more statistics and control over the system.
Despite being still consideredbeta, it was chosen as the default init system for Pingwinek, Enlisy,Berry Linux and Bee.
Also there are packages for many distributions such asUbuntu andFedora, as well asebuilds forGentoo and spells forSource Mage.
Contrary to other similar projects, it features a portable and flexible code base, more suited for embedded usage, and has been already ported to other operating systems likeHaiku andFreeBSD.
It was created by Jimmy Wennlund. The current maintainer and project lead is Ismael Luceno.
InLinux Format's Issue 72, in November 2005, InitNG received the Hottest Pick Award.
