Joachim Wiberg 6310d9e760 initctl: the status views over D-Bus
The summary table, the per-service detail, JSON and the quiet and
ident forms all read state Finit already publishes, so they read it
from the bus like everything else rather than through a second path
that has to be kept in step.

Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
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License Badge Release Badge GitHub Status Coverity Status Finit: Fast Init

Finit is a fast, simple alternative to SysV init and systemd, designed for small and embedded Linux systems. It can also run on desktop and server systems, like finix.

Reverse engineered from the EeePC fastinit
"gaps filled with frog DNA …"
— Claudio Matsuoka

For detailed information, explore our extensive documentation
📚 http://finit-project.github.io

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For working examples, see the 🚀 contrib/ section or these tutorials:

Note

Finit can run on various Linux distributions, but the bundled install scripts are examples only. They have been tested on amd64 (x86_64) systems with standard configurations.

For embedded systems, see these Buildroot-based examples: myLinux, Infix, or br2-finit-demo.

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