Upstart
Upstart or upstarts may refer to: * HMS ''Upstart'', a Royal Navy U-class submarine * Upstart (company), an online lending marketplace * Upstart (software), a process management daemon used in several operating systems. * Upstart (sculpture), a public art work at the Lynden Sculpture Garden near Milwaukee * Upstart (horse), winner of the Dicken Medal * Angelic Upstarts, British punk band * Upstarts (comics), a group of comic book characters * Upstarts (film), a 2019 Indian film *'' The Upstarts'', a 2017 book by Brad Stone *''The Upstart'', a 1998 novel by Catherine Cookson * Upstart Associates, an artists' studio formed by four well-known comics artists See also * Startup (other) * {{disambig ...
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Upstart (software)
Upstart is a discontinued event-based replacement for the traditional init daemon—the method by which several Unix-like computer operating systems perform tasks when the computer is started. It was written by Scott James Remnant, a former employee of Canonical Ltd. In 2014, Upstart was placed in maintenance mode, and other init daemons, such as systemd, were recommended in place of Upstart. Ubuntu moved away from Upstart with the release of version 15.04 (''Vivid Vervet'') in favor of migrating to systemd. As of June 2024, there have been no updates released for Upstart since September 2014. Rationale The traditional init process was originally only responsible for bringing the computer into a normal running state after power-on, or gracefully shutting down services prior to shutdown. As a result, the design is strictly synchronous, blocking future tasks until the current one has completed. Its tasks must also be defined in advance, as they are limited to this prep or c ...
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