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Why Upstart from Ubuntu Failed
Introduction
Early on, many distributions showed interest, as sysvinit had been in place for decades and was increasingly seen as difficult to maintain on modern systems with multi-core processors and more complex hardware. Rather than running through a rigid series of scripts in a predetermined order, Upstart waited for events—such as file system mounts, network availability, or hardware detection—and started or stopped services accordingly. Although no longer widely used, Upstart remains an important chapter in Linux’s evolution, illustrating the complexities and challenges involved in unifying a diverse open source ecosystem under a single system management framework.
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