How User Space Starts

1. Introduction to init

2. Identifying your init

3. systemd

3.1 Units and Unit Types

3.2 Booting and Unit Dependency Graphs

3.3 systemd Configuration

3.4 systemd Operation

3.5 systemd Process Tracking and Synchronization

3.6 systemd Dependencies

3.7 systemd On-Demand and Resource-Parallelized Startup

3.8 systemd Auxiliary Components

4. System V Runlevels

5. System V init

5.1 System V init: Startup Command Sequence

5.2 The System V init Link Farm

5.3 run-parts

5.4 System V init Control

5.5 systemd System V Compatibility

6. Shutting Down your system

7. The Initial RAM Filesystem

8. Emergency Booting and Single-User Mode

9. Looking Forward