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.