How to enable Systemd on MX Linux

How to enable Systemd on MX Linux

The default init system of MX Linux is SysVinit. However it has also included Systemd by default but disabled it.

For those who would like to use Snap Applications on MX Linux, they would be met with an error. The reason is snap requires Systemd enabled first before they could work properly.

There are quite a number of snap apps to use (from SnapdCraft):

So, if you want to use them on MX Linux, you need to enable Systemd. For me I like to use Acestream-player (from Snapd) to watch those online acestreams, say football, basketball matches.

Way to enable Systemd:

Open the MX Linux Tools

Search for Boot Options, the following will pop up.

Click on Bopot Option and input your password. You will get the following:

To enable Systemd, you have to edit the "Kernel parameters" section, from "quiet splash" to "quiet splash init=lib/systemd/systemd"

Once you have changed this, tap on Apply, then the GRUB will be updated. Tap "OK" and close.

Reboot the system. Your MX Linux will be using Systemd now.

How to access and edit the EFI folder

 How to access and edit the efi folder

I enjoy testing with different Linux Distros. So, each time when I install a new Linux Distro and uninstall it after testing, the EFI partition will be added with the grub of that distro. As times goes by I will be warned with the message that the EFI folder is getting full and that I need to edit it.

The following is how I edit the EFI folder.

I used the nemo file manager in LMDE 5 (or Linux Mint). 

First, launch the Terminal to find the EFI partition with this command:

sudo fdisk -l

From the Type column of the above picture, we can see that the EFI partition (EFI System) is /dev/sdb1.

 

we can now mount it with these command lines (Linux Mint):

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

sudo nemo /mnt

A window containing the EFI folder will pop up:

 

Double click on the EFI Folder to open it. Its contents will be revealed:

Now we can delete those unwanted folder of the already uninstalled distros.

To finish, just press Ctl-C.

With EndeavourOS, the procedures should be as follows:

sudo fdisk -l 

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

dolphin /mnt

To finish, just press Ctl-C.