Arch Linux based system without systemd
The goal of Obarun is to provide an alternative for people looking for
more simplicity and transparency in maintaining their systems. Obarun is
not designed with beginners to Linux in mind, but Obarun's community is
dedicated in helping anyone with the will to try it.
Obarun is based on Archlinux, but incorporates several changes,
modifications, additions, in its effort to run reliably, without systemd
and its intrusive byproducts. Obarun separates the init and service
management from the rest of the system that should be chosen "freely" by
the user/sys-admin.
At the moment Obarun is only available for x86-64 architectures, as is
Arch, but its own software has no such limitations on architecture.
Systemd replacement is made by Skarnet's S6 supervision suite as init
and by Obarun's own 66 service management. S6 and 66 is the heart of
Obarun, it is what makes it unique and special from all other linux systems.
Obarun's packages and source reside in the streamlined [obcore],
[obextra], [obcommunity], [observice], and [obmultilib] repositories.
The official [core], [extra], and [community] repositories from Arch
Linux are retained to fit the needs of the competent Linux user. This
means you get Arch-Linux, AUR, and more, without systemd of course.
Additional Tools written in script language are available to
simplify/help tasks like installing software from AUR, building packages
in a safe environment, installing a particular system, creating a live
version of your system, managing and modifying services, and so on.
Hopefully Obarun will give people the choice of a system which will not
tolerate any incursion of systemd, and one that stays simpler, easier to
manage, more stable, more transparent, more open, and closer to the
philosophy of unix and Linux.