Software Choices

This page allows you to select the software you wish to use in certain roles on your system. The defaults used by standard installations of Adelie Linux are always on the left side.

Most users do not need to change these options.

Shell to use for /bin/sh

This section allows you to choose which shell will be used for shell scripts that use /bin/sh.

Dash: The lightweight Dash shell is an Almquist-style shell. This is the default shell used by Adelie for /bin/sh, and is used for /bin/sh on Debian-derived distributions. This option provides faster boot times and full POSIX compatibility.
Bash: This shell is popular on GNU systems. This option provides compatibility with non-portable scripts. Note that by choosing this option, your system will no longer be able to conform to the POSIX standard.

Init system (/sbin/init)

This section allows you to choose which init system will be used to start up your computer.

s6-linux-init: The lightweight, customisable s6-linux-init init system has been designed from the ground up to be lightweight and efficient. Using this system provides full LSB compatibility with init control and shutdown commands.

SysV Init: The traditional Linux init system was at one time widely deployed, but has fallen out of favour recently due to issues with supervision and power usage.

uevent management daemon

This section allows you to choose which daemon will be used to manage kernel uevents. Modifying this option may cause improper system operation or failure to boot. Only modify this option if you know what you are doing.

eudev: The traditional eudev system provides a standard UDev-compatible interface. It is highly recommended that you use eudev unless you know it is inappropriate for your use case.

mdevd: The minimalist, lightweight mdevd system is the skarnet fork of the mdev system from BusyBox. Choosing this option on a desktop system will require manual intervention.