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We’ve explored looking at processes directly using tools like ps; another way to look at the processes running on a system is from the daemon perspective. A daemon is a long-running process which operates in the background of a system; often they’re automatically started on system start by an init program like systemd. The “d” in systemd comes from the concept of daemon, as it acts as a controller for all daemons running on the system.
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Kirkbride, P. (2020). systemd. In: Basic Linux Terminal Tips and Tricks. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6035-7_11
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