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Given that it's the default and sometimes only working option for many of the most popular Linux distros: yes.

• yellowapple 11y ago
  Given also that systemd is Linux-only due to its reliance on cgroups: yes.
  • rockdoe 11y ago
    That doesn't stop you from having a Linux system without systemd, though.
    • yellowapple 11y ago
      True (as I know firsthand, thanks to several Slackware-running machines that I own). My remark was just in response to the question of systemd being tied to Linux.