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Subject : Re: LUG: Nontraditional runlevels on Ubuntu

From : Alex <akdom2001@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:07:57 -0500

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Actually... as far as I know, Debian still does run levels.  Ubuntu thought it would be "easier" for humans to use without "confusing" runlevel controls and seperate scripts... if you notice they switched to a model much like Mac OSX or Windows, in which there is a "user mode" and a "FIX ME PLEASE MODE"... I much prefer the runlevels (fedora FTW!), but it isn't really a massive loss.

~Alex Kesling

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 2:51 AM, Daniel Underwood < daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted] > wrote:
Does anyone know *why* runlevels are non-traditional for Ubuntu (and
debian based systems)?  Example: runlevels 2-5 are fully-on, multiuser,
with X11, whereas traditional unix runlevel 3 is a command-line only
state.  (Yes, I know that you can ctrl+F# to a command-line virtual
terminal.)  When I entered the "runlevel" command using Ubuntu, I was
shocked to see a "2" instead of a "5".  I'm just curious why these
things are so.
--
Daniel Underwood
North Carolina State University
Graduate Student - Operations Research
email: daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]
phone: XXX.302.3291
web: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~djunderw/


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