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Recently, I've started using `systemd` order to manage personal services on my servers.
-Before that, I had either set up system-wide unit files or, for more ad-hoc services, started the process inside of a `screen` session, then detaching, hoping the process didn't crash overnight.
+Before that, I had set up classic system-wide unit files or, for more ad-hoc services, started the process inside of a `screen` session, then detaching, hoping the process didn't crash overnight.
-Using `systemd` instead is way better, since you get stuff like `journalctl` to view logs and `RestartAlways` keep things running after random crashes. Plus, all configuration lives in `$HOME` making it easy to edit and back up.
+Using a user instance of `systemd` is way better, since you get stuff like `journalctl` to view logs and `RestartAlways` keep things running after random crashes. Plus, all configuration now lives in `$HOME` making it easy to edit and back up.
In this post, I will show you how to set this up on any modern Debian-based system (or any distro that uses `systemd`, really).
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ This starts `example` as soon as your copy `systemd` is launched (which should b
### Starting, Stopping and Status
-You can now run the same `systemctl` commands you are used to, except they are run as your user (instead of root) and now require the `--user` argument:
+You can now run the same `systemctl` commands you are used to, except they are run as your user (instead of `root`) and now require the `--user` argument:
$ systemctl --user start example