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GNU Shepherd 1.0 Service Manager Released As "Solid Tool" Alternative To systemd
GNU Shepherd as a service manager for both system and user services that is used by Guix and relying on Guile Scheme has finally reached version 1.0
For those not pleased with systemd, GNU Shepherd can be used as an init system and now has finally crossed the version 1.0 milestone after 21 years of development. GNU Shepherd 1.0 also adds support for timed services with the new "make-timer-constructor" procedure to define a service that runs periodically on a timed basis. From the GNU.org project site, here is an example of a Guile Scheme based service file for GNU Shepherd.
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