{"id":187696,"date":"2021-02-24T09:40:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T06:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-best-linux-distributions-without-systemd\/"},"modified":"2021-02-24T09:40:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T06:40:40","slug":"the-best-linux-distributions-without-systemd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-best-linux-distributions-without-systemd\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Best Linux Distributions Without systemd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a276a8e4e0fb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a276a8e4e0fb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-best-linux-distributions-without-systemd\/#systemd_A_Quick_Recap\" >systemd: A Quick Recap<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-best-linux-distributions-without-systemd\/#Philosophy_Architecture_and_Engineering_Quality\" >Philosophy, Architecture, and Engineering Quality<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-best-linux-distributions-without-systemd\/#The_Debian_Family_Devuan\" >The Debian Family: Devuan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-best-linux-distributions-without-systemd\/#The_Arch_Family_Artix_Linux\" >The Arch Family: Artix Linux<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-best-linux-distributions-without-systemd\/#Red_Hat_and_Fedora_PCLinuxOS\" >Red Hat and Fedora:\u00a0PCLinuxOS<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-best-linux-distributions-without-systemd\/#Fire_up_Some_VMs\" >Fire up Some VMs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#The Best Linux Distributions Without systemd&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-714074 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/penguins.jpg\" alt=\"An emperor penguin with children in the Antarctic.\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/emperor-penguin-children-antarctic-107424374\" data-credittext=\"BMJ\/Shutterstock.com\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/emperor-penguin-children-antarctic-107424374\">BMJ\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the dominant Linux distributions adopted systemd, dissenters forked distributions and started new projects. So what are your options if you\u2019re looking for a non-systemd distribution? Let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"systemd-a-quick-recap\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"systemd_A_Quick_Recap\"><\/span>systemd: A Quick Recap<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Historically, the startup sequence in a Linux system was a replica of the initialization system that was introduced with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UNIX_System_V\">System V Unix<\/a>\u00a0(SysV). The SysV init system adhered to the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/homepage.cs.uri.edu\/~thenry\/resources\/unix_art\/ch01s06.html\">Unix philosophy<\/a>. When people refer to the Unix philosophy, they usually reduce it to the well-known soundbite \u201cDo one thing, and do it well.\u201d And that thing was to start as the first process and then start other processes. It also culled zombies now and then.<\/p>\n<p>SysV init did its job well enough, but it didn\u2019t do it too efficiently. It started processes serially, one after the other. There was no parallelism. The design bottle-necked the throughput. This was more or less masked by the speed gains of modern hardware, and it\u2019s not as if booting a Linux computer took an interminable age. But yes, technically, it could have been made more efficient.<\/p>\n<p>As with everything else in Linux, the users had a choice. Alternatives were available. Competent users could configure their Linux computer to use a different init system, one that started processes in parallel and worked the way they liked.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the options were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Upstart_(software)\">Upstart<\/a>: This was an initiative developed by\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/canonical.com\/\">Canonical<\/a>\u00a0that went on to be adopted by the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redhat.com\/en\">Red Hat<\/a>\u00a0family of distributions, including\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.centos.org\/\">Centos<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/getfedora.org\/\">Fedora<\/a>. Upstart is no longer in development.<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/smarden.org\/runit\/\">runit<\/a>: This is an independent, cross-platform project that runs on the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freebsd.org\/\">FreeBSD<\/a>\u00a0and other BSD derivatives as well as on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/uk\/macos\/big-sur\/\">macOS<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/uk\/solaris\/solaris11\/\">Solaris<\/a>, and Linux systems. It has been adopted as either the default init system or one of the install-time options on several Linux distributions.<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/skarnet.org\/software\/s6-linux-init\/\">s6-Linux-init<\/a>: s6 is a replacement for SysV init that tries to address the serial nature of SysV init and remain true to the Unix philosophy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>systemd is another replacement for SysV init, but it includes a whole lot more. It has modules that manage physical devices, user logins, network name resolution, and much more\u2014it is made up of more than 70 binaries and over 1.4 million lines of code. By comparison, SysV init for\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archlinux.org\/\">Arch<\/a>\u00a0Linux amounts to less than 2,000 lines of code. Clearly, systemd has well and truly abandoned the Unix philosophy. And not only that, it commits the further heresy of completely ignoring the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/POSIX\">Portable Operating System Interface<\/a>\u00a0(POSIX) standard.<\/p>\n<p>The systemd arguments are some of the most heated I\u2019ve ever witnessed in an open-source community. (And that\u2019s saying something.) The equally vociferous pro-systemd and no-systemd camps aren\u2019t the only people involved, of course. I speak to a lot of people who don\u2019t even know that systemd is a thing as well as plenty of others who have heard of it but don\u2019t know enough details to form an opinion one way or the other. Frankly, they don\u2019t care. They just want stuff to work.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re unsure whether you\u2019re on a systemd-based distribution, run the <code>ps<\/code> command on process ID 1.<\/p>\n<pre>ps -p 1<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-713875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"122\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you see \u201csystemd\u201d in the response, then clearly, you\u2019re using systemd. If it says something else\u2014typically \u201cinit\u201d\u2014then you\u2019re not.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>Why Linux&#8217;s systemd Is Still Divisive After All These Years<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Philosophy_Architecture_and_Engineering_Quality\"><\/span>Philosophy, Architecture, and Engineering Quality<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Different people object to systemd for different reasons. For some, it\u2019s the disregard for the traditional Unix philosophy. While it isn\u2019t an obligatory dogma, it is the \u201cUnix way.\u201d And it\u2019s a way that has stood the test of time: Small utilities that can be piped together so that their output becomes the input of the next process in the pipeline is a core part of what gives Linux its feel and character. It\u2019s what makes it particularly suitable for quickly cobbling together creative solutions for one-off or short-lived requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Others queried the design decisions behind systemd, the \u201csoftware architecture.\u201d Why include all of that functionality that has nothing to do with booting a system? If those other elements needed updating or improving, do just that. But why integrate the whole lot into one massive, interlinked suite of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications?<\/p>\n<p>Concerns have been raised about the systemd developers\u2019\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lkml.iu.edu\/\/hypermail\/linux\/kernel\/1404.0\/01331.html\">cavalier attitude toward bug fixes<\/a>\u00a0in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>, and toward\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/security-tracker.debian.org\/tracker\/source-package\/systemd\">Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures<\/a>\u00a0in particular. The more lines of code you have, the more bugs you need to deal with. When those bugs are security-related and have their own CVE number allocated to them, then you needed to deal with them yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reason or reasons behind your wanting to leave a systemd-based Linux distribution, the question is, where do you go next? Perhaps you want to try something completely new. You might look forward to learning the ins and outs of a new distribution. On the other hand, you might have neither the time nor the appetite for yet another learning curve. You want to get back up and running as fast as possible on a system that feels as familiar as it can.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-debian-family\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Debian_Family_Devuan\"><\/span>The Debian Family: Devuan<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you use Debian or one of the myriad Debian-derivatives like <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ubuntu.com\/\">Ubuntu<\/a> and its entire tribe of relatives, it makes sense for you to check out\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devuan.org\/\">Devuan<\/a>. Devuan is a fork of Debian, so almost everything will be familiar. The default shell is Bash and the package manager is <code>apt<\/code>. Devuan was forked from Debian in 2014. It\u2019s solid and stable and has a thriving community.<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gnome.org\/\">GNOME<\/a>\u00a0as your\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Desktop_environment\">desktop environment,<\/a>\u00a0you\u2019ll have to do a bit of extra work. GNOME isn\u2019t offered as a desktop choice during the installation.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mate-desktop.org\/\">MATE<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cinnamon_(desktop_environment)\">Cinnamon<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xfce.org\/\">XFCE<\/a>, and others are available, but GNOME will have to be manually installed once you\u2019ve got your system up and running.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-713851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1.png\" alt=\"Devuan Linux desktop with a terminal window open\" width=\"646\" height=\"381\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>GNOME has some dependencies on systemd components, namely, the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Udev\">udev<\/a>\u00a0hardware device manager and the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Systemd#logind\">logind<\/a>\u00a0login manager. Replacements for these have been created by the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.gentoo.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\">Gentoo Linux<\/a>\u00a0developers.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.gentoo.org\/wiki\/Eudev\">eudev<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.gentoo.org\/wiki\/Elogind\">elogind<\/a>\u00a0allow applications with hard dependencies on systemd to operate as though systemd were installed. Anti-systemd purists object to that, too, arguing that pandering to software that coded in hard dependencies to systemd is almost as bad as running systemd.<\/p>\n<p>The choices of init system on Devuan are SysV init or\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/OpenRC\">OpenRC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-arch-family\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Arch_Family_Artix_Linux\"><\/span>The Arch Family: Artix Linux<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archlinux.org\/\">Arch<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/manjaro.org\/\">Manjaro<\/a>\u00a0users might want to take\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/artixlinux.org\/\">Artix<\/a>\u00a0Linux for a spin. Artix is a fork of Arch that builds upon the Arch-OpenRC project. Its first release came in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Arch Wiki contains <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.archlinux.org\/index.php\/OpenRC\">instructions on replacing systemd with OpenRC<\/a>, but it\u2019s not officially supported. Likewise,\u00a0since OpenRC support was\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.manjaro.org\/index.php?title=OpenRC,_an_alternative_to_systemd\">dropped from Manjaro<\/a>, there\u2019s no Manjaro-derived distribution that\u2019s systemd-free.<\/p>\n<p>So if you want to stay in the Arch-universe, you need to choose an Arch-based fork like Artix that uses a different init system. Artix certainly delivers on that front. During the installation process, you choose one of three different init systems. The choices are OpenRC, runit, and s6.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-713852\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2.png\" alt=\"Artix Linux desktop with a terminal window open\" width=\"646\" height=\"382\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>All of the expected desktop flavors are available, such as Cinnamon, MATE, XFCE, and more. There are also\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iso.artixlinux.org\/testing-isos.php\">versions in testing<\/a>\u00a0that support GNOME and the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/i3wm.org\/\">i3 tiling window manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The package manager is <code>pacman<\/code>. Of course, you can use that to install <code>pamac<\/code>, <code>yay<\/code>, or any of the other\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aur.archlinux.org\/\">Arch User Repository<\/a>\u00a0(AUR) helpers. The default shell is Bash.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s everything you like about Arch without systemd.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"red-hat-and-fedora\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Red_Hat_and_Fedora_PCLinuxOS\"><\/span>Red Hat and Fedora:\u00a0PCLinuxOS<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The systemd project is a Red Hat initiative. The main systemd developers are Red Hat employees. It seems that to many in the Linux world, anything that comes out of the \u201ccorporate\u201d Linux camps\u2014Red Hat,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/linux\/\">Oracle<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/homepage.html\">Intel<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/canonical.com\/\">Canonical<\/a>, for example\u2014must automatically be distrusted.<\/p>\n<p>systemd has been described as\u2014among other things\u2014nothing more than a plot by Red Hat to shape Linux into something that suits their embedded operating system needs. If Red Hat needed a distribution tailored to embedded systems, it would be easier by far to just create one. You don\u2019t need to convince Arch, Ubuntu, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opensuse.org\/\">OpenSUSE<\/a>\u00a0to follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, with Red Hat being the whole reason systemd exists, you\u2019re not going to find a Red Hat derivative\u00a0without systemd. So whatever you move to is going to feel new and different. But if you at least want to stick with a distribution that uses the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RPM_Package_Manager\">Red Hat Package Manager<\/a>\u00a0(RPM), you should review PCLinuxOS.<\/p>\n<p>The PCLinuxOS project started in 2003 as a fork of now-defunct Mandrake Linux just before <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mandriva_Linux\">Mandrake became Mandriva<\/a>. The first release of PCLinuxOS appeared in 2007, so it predates systemd by a long way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-713853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/3.png\" alt=\"PCLinuxOS desktop with a terminal window open\" width=\"646\" height=\"382\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>While PCLinuxOS does use \u201c.rpm\u201d files, it manipulates them using its own package management software, <code>apt-rpm<\/code>. This is modeled after the <code>apt-get<\/code> command from the Debian world. A modified version of <code>synaptic<\/code> is also provided that works with \u201c.rpm\u201d files instead of \u201c.deb\u201d files.<\/p>\n<p>PCLinuxOS uses SysV init and provides a choice of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/kde.org\/plasma-desktop\/\">Plasma<\/a>, MATE, and XFCE desktop environments during the installation. There are a few \u201ccommunity remaster\u201d editions that provide other desktop environments, including GNOME. The default shell is Bash.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Fire_up_Some_VMs\"><\/span>Fire up Some VMs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The best\u2014and only way, really\u2014to see whether you are going to get along with a Linux distribution is to try it out. The easiest way to do that is in a virtual machine. It leaves your current Linux installation untouched. You can install and try out as many Linux distributions as you like until you find the one you think you\u2019d like to try. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/\">VirtualBox<\/a> is perfect for this.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re ready to install your new distribution, make\u00a0<em>several<\/em> backups of your current installation and then\u2014and only then\u2014install your new Linux.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>Beginner Geek: How to Create and Use Virtual Machines<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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