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📣 kklisura

Lowest Number of Background Processes


What is the lowest number of background processes/services/daemons that you can have on OS (OSX, Desktop linux, Windows) and still have a usable OS?


  👤 gjvc Accepted Answer ✓

👤 sargstuff
?? embedded/iot, customized[1], or stock OS??

?? does text display/command line only useage count as usable (vs. gui interface).

"Linux from scratch"[0] provides a way to experiement what what 'still have a usable OS' is.

IOT/ebmedded/customized OS (linux & windows) can be setup to act as a relay between local screen and remote server/cloud. There would be no backround processes/services/daemon on the local box.

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[0] : https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

[1] : yocto : https://www.yoctoproject.org/


👤 JoeyBananas
The answer is 1: init=/bin/bash.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/473252