I don't use Archnosh because I do not possess an Arch Linux system. I do use the nosh toolset on a daily basis on Debian, FreeBSD, TrueOS, and OpenBSD. I don'

I don't use Archnosh because I do not possess an Arch Linux system. I do use the nosh toolset on a daily basis on Debian, FreeBSD, TrueOS, and OpenBSD. I don't think that the conversion process not being capable of automatically converting every possible unit, just most of them, is something that should worry you. I suggest that you begin by reading the manual page on the subject as well as the sections on conversion in the nosh Guide and the worked example in the blurb: * http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/convert-systemd-units.html http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/guide/convert-systemd-units.... * http://jdebp.info./Softwares/nosh/guide.html http://jdebp.info./Softwares/nosh/guide.html * http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/worked-example.html http://jdebp.eu./Softwares/nosh/worked-example.html That there are some outliers doing oddball things that this will not cover, requiring you to get your hands dirty writing run+stop+start+restart programs, is only a worry if you worry about writing such programs in the first place. If that is a worry, then observe that you have the same worry with runit. Ask yourself if you are worried about this with runit. (-: * http://jdebp.info./FGA/run-scripts-and-service-units-side-by-side.html http://jdebp.info./FGA/run-scripts-and-service-units-side-by... * http://jdebp.info./Softwares/nosh/guide/creating-bundles.html http://jdebp.info./Softwares/nosh/guide/creating-bundles.htm... At the time of writing, the nosh toolset has just over 540 pre-supplied service bundles, not counting log and etc services, from ModemManager through initctld to zfsd. An interesting and somewhat topical example of the automatic conversion in practice was when I took the now-infamous example of a systemd unit that declared User=0day, ran it through the convertor, and started the resultant service. You can see what happened, and (more importantly) what did not happen: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14681857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14681857 Other examples: * mailcatcher.service: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/200281/5132 https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/200281/5132 * sickbeard.service: https://askubuntu.com/a/617822/43344 https://askubuntu.com/a/617822/43344