Kernel & processes
2 articles in this category.
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What the initramfs is (and what mkinitcpio does)
A beginner-friendly explainer of the initramfs: the tiny RAM-based root filesystem the kernel uses to find your real disk, and how Arch's mkinitcpio builds it.
#linux
#initramfs
#boot
#ai-assisted
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What systemd is: init, units, and services
A beginner-friendly explainer of systemd: what an init system is, what units and services are, and the everyday systemctl commands you meet on Arch.
#linux
#systemd
#init
#ai-assisted