Boot process

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How Linux starts up

  • you switch on the computer
  • the master boot record is executed
  • the boot loader is executed
  • the Linux kernel is executed
  • the initrd is loaded/executed
  • the init program is started
  • the SysV init script are executed
  • X Windowing system is started
  • login manager is started
  • user session incl. Desktop environment is started