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Pfft, I'll be impressed when Emacs runs as pid 1, has an inittab.el, mounts filesystems, sets up swap, starts daemons, launches X, reaps zombines, and deals wit
by spudlyo 2y ago
Pfft, I'll be impressed when Emacs runs as pid 1, has an inittab.el, mounts filesystems, sets up swap, starts daemons, launches X, reaps zombines, and deals with shutdown. I'm sort of surprised nobody's done that yet.
- _emacsomancer_ 2y agoalmost: https://github.com/a-schaefers/systemE https://github.com/a-schaefers/systemE
- Y_Y 2y agoThat's old news: https://web.archive.org/web/20190118221826/https://www.informatimago.com/linux/emacs-on-user-mode-linux.html https://web.archive.org/web/20190118221826/https://www.infor... Fwiw I use EXWM in Guix and only interact with the computer through emacs (though I do need to use terminal and eshell).
- spudlyo 2y agoHandling SIGCHLD and doing the right thing is table-stakes for a functioning init, IMHO. This isn't that.
- codr7 2y agoSounds like SystemD to me, all it's missing is a good editor.
- hulitu 2y ago> Sounds like SystemD to me, all it's missing is a good editor. Please, don't give Poettering ideas. He has enough, already. /s
- rahen 2y agoTry Guix System. The entire system, including PID 1, is configured in Scheme (Guile) and has a very nice Emacs-like hackability.