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> Gnome now refuses to run without systemd. Is that true? The gentoo documentation says that you can chose your init system independently of your desktop mana
by enriquto 6y ago
> Gnome now refuses to run without systemd.
Is that true? The gentoo documentation says that you can chose your init system independently of your desktop manager, and puts openrc+gnome as an example:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GNOME/GNOME_Without_systemd/Gentoo https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GNOME/GNOME_Without_systemd/Gen...
You can also install GNOME on OpenBSD, which of course does not run systemd.
- 0942v8653 6y agoNot GNOME itself, but Gnome Display Manager: > After the transition from GNOME 2 to GNOME 3, configuring GDM is only possible through systemd as it no longer supports other init systems. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/desktop_migration_and_administration_guide/gdm https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterp...
- enriquto 6y agonot a big deal then, there's plenty of display managers, and you don't even need one to use gnome