LXer: Ubuntu's Upstart event-based init daemon
 

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Because the traditional System V init daemon (SysVinit) does not deal well with modern hardware, including hotplug devices, USB hard and flash drives, and network-mounted filesystems, Ubuntu replaced it with the Upstart init daemon.
This article is excerpted from the recently published book A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux.

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