Replacing Systemd with OpenRC in Debian
Summary
Daniel Cordova documents his experiment to replace Debian's systemd with OpenRC on a ThinkPad X13s, outlining motivation and the process of installing OpenRC on Debian Testing. He describes practical challenges with apt, essential package handling, boot issues, and recovery steps, and shares reflections on when OpenRC might be a viable alternative. The post includes concrete command examples and discusses tradeoffs between OpenRC and systemd for readers evaluating init systems on Linux.