Initng

infobox software
name = Initng

author = Jimmy Wennlund
developer = Initng contributors
latest_release_version = 0.6.10.2
latest_release_date = 11 Nov 2007
operating_system = Unix-like
genre = init
license = GNU General Public License
website = [http://initng.org/ initng.org]

Initng is a full replacement of the sysvinit system. init, the first process spawned by the kernel in Unix-like computer operating systems, which is responsible for the initialization of every other process. Initng's website calls initng "The next generation init system".

Purpose

Many implementations of init (including Sysvinit, the System V's init, used in many Linux distributions) start processes in a pre-determined order, and only start a process once the previous process finishes its initialization. Initng starts a process as soon as all of its dependencies are met. It can start several processes in parallel. Initng is designed to significantly increase the speed of booting a Unix-compatible system by starting processes asynchronously. Initng's supporters also claim that it gives the user more statistics and control over the system.

Development

Initng is still beta. There are packages for many distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora Core, as well as ebuilds for Gentoo.

Initng was created by Jimmy Wennlund. The current maintainer and project lead is Ismael Luceno.

See also

* einit
* init
* Upstart
* Launchd
* Service Management Facility

External links

* [http://www.initng.org InitNG website]
* [http://hermann.czedik.net/ubuntu_initng.html Install InitNG on Ubuntu/Kubuntu]