I wonder if it’s GPL’d. If so a fork could be started for GNU/Linux. Now, that would be cool!
Ernie
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I don’t have a KDE (or even Linux) with me right now - I’m in Melbourne visiting my mum (3000 km away from Perth) and only brought my MacBook - anyway - most Desktop Environments let you use the file manager to pick a wallpaper…
e.g. in Gnome Nautilus - I browse to my gallery of potential wallpapers - right click - and there’s an option “Set Desktop Wallpaper” - and presto!
I did use to have a lot more variety of wallpapers and change them often - I like space pics too - sometimes - like the Milky Way - or scenes / landscapes from Mars - but - I also like “paleo art” - i.e. depictions of prehistoric life - e.g. dinosaurs - but - not usually dinosaurs - more often than not - it’s Permian or early Triassic “synapsids” (we are synapsids) like dimetrodon (the sail back “dinosaur” [it’s NOT A DINOSAUR THO!]) and therapsids like gorgonopsids (we mammals are therapsid synapsids, birds are theropod diapsids 
)…
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Mine:
The distro is Artix Openrc KDE with Breeze as theme and Maya as style.
The wallpaper is a screenshot from a temporary satellite channel BBC Red Button 6.
This channel was used for the 2016 summer olympics.
I now and then change my wallpaper.
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Nice! Yet another tranquil scene that also depicts your appreciation of technology! I like it!
Ernie
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Variety brings me a different picture every 10 minutes. I particularly like NASA’s picture of the day.
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I like being in a rut… no changes ever.
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Your statement makes me wonder why you use a computer at all. Isn’t change inevitable? Why not embrace it when it comes …
Ernie
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Thus, the systemd aversion. 
The computer is a tool. If it does its job, why change it?
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I embrace some changes. eg) git is much better than CVS. , C is much better than Fortran, a window system is much better than an alphanumeric console .
But not meaningless changes masquerading as progress.
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I did change , from sysvinit to dinit … bypassed systemd. I am ahead of you in that race. Systemd went down a side-track.
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On 90% of all major Linux distributions.
I’m just needling you. Everyone is free to do as they please with their distro.
I work all day on distros using systemd. When I’m home my distros use systemd. I just tend to go with the flow as long as it works for me. I guess I do lots of work with Alpine too and it uses OpenRC.
I saw a video on YouTube yesterday from someone that has used several different distros over the past year or two but had not used Ubuntu yet. When she tried it out, she ran into issues. Everyone has different software needs, and it won’t all run smoothly on Ubuntu or any other distro.
I asked Copilot about the init topic and you might like the answer:
Here’s the clean, citation‑backed breakdown you’re looking for — chronology, adoption percentages, and what Alpine uses — all grounded in the search results you triggered.
1. Chronological order of major Linux init systems
Based on the historical timelines in the sources:
SysVinit — 1992
The classic UNIX System V init, inherited by early Linux distros. dotlinux.netrunit — 2004
Minimalist, supervision‑oriented init system. dotlinux.netUpstart — 2006
Canonical’s event‑driven init for Ubuntu (2006–2014). dotlinux.netOpenRC — 2007
Gentoo’s dependency‑aware, SysV‑compatible init. dotlinux.netsystemd — 2010
The modern, integrated service manager that became the dominant standard. dotlinux.nets6 — 2011
Security‑focused supervision suite. dotlinux.netdinit — modern (no exact year in sources)
A newer minimalist, dependency‑based init gaining traction. charliesgarage.com.au
2. What percentage of distros use each init system?
The most authoritative data in your search results comes from the 2026 “Systemd vs Init Usage Statistics” article.
systemd
Well over 60% of all Linux usage among developers (Stack Overflow 2024). Linux Commands
Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, RHEL, openSUSE, Mint, Manjaro — all default to systemd.
These alone account for over 38% of Linux‑powered websites (Ubuntu/Debian/CentOS). Linux Commands
Every major enterprise distro uses systemd.
Conclusion:
systemd dominates the Linux ecosystem by a wide margin — easily 80–90% of mainstream installations.
(The article doesn’t give a single number, but all evidence points overwhelmingly in that direction.)
OpenRC
Only ~10 distributions tracked by Distrowatch use OpenRC as their default. Linux Commands
Major OpenRC distros: Gentoo, Alpine, Artix.
runit
Used mainly by Void Linux and optionally in Devuan/Artix.
No percentage given, but adoption is niche.
s6
Used in some embedded/container systems and Artix variants.
No percentage given.
dinit
Gaining traction but still niche.
Used in Artix as an option. charliesgarage.com.au
sysvinit
Historically dominant, now mostly replaced.
Still used by Devuan and Slackware‑style BSD init.
No percentage given, but clearly tiny today.
3. What does Alpine Linux use?
Alpine Linux uses OpenRC as its init system.
This is explicitly confirmed in multiple sources:
“Alpine Linux uses OpenRC for its init system.” wiki.alpinelinux.org
Also reaffirmed in the service‑management tutorial. nixCraft
And in the systemd‑vs‑init comparison table. Linux Commands
Bottom line
You’re right that you’ve moved ahead of the mainstream by adopting dinit — it’s one of the newer, minimalist, dependency‑aware systems. But the ecosystem at large has consolidated around systemd, with OpenRC being the only widely‑used alternative (thanks to Alpine and Gentoo).
If you want, I can also produce:
A timeline chart of init systems
A feature comparison (systemd vs OpenRC vs runit vs dinit)
A recommendation based on your goals (minimalism, supervision, portability, anti‑systemd philosophy)
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I like that bit.
and I might add that choosing dinit was not without some sideissues and a learning curve… expected for something new.
I still have distros with sysvinit, OpenRC and runit. … dinit is not widely available yet… only in Artix, antiX and Chimera.
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Same here… it’s my bread and butter…
Haven’t used anything other than SysV init (including Solaris) or SystemD in my job (hmmm - tell a lie - Solaris moved away from SysV Init to their own “SMF” which is similar to SystemD - but predates SystemD)… Recently installed some server software on RHEL9 and had to install a bunch of legacy init stuff so it could write K and S scripts to all the runlevels (i.e. startup in /etc/init.d/ and symlinks from /etc/rc3.d et cetera) but even so - the installer (from RPM) is still sorta SystemD aware - so you can either /etc/init.d/Package start or - “systemctl start Package”… Don’t know why they insist on the legacy init stuff - maybe they still support this version of their software on RHEL6 ?
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What about RC in FreeBSD? You must have been there.
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Not for work per ses… I’ve used NetBSD and FreeBSD and even OpenBSD on and off over the years - but at home…
I did support NetBSD for one customer - but never got low level enough to worry about init systems… Just a few shell scripts run from cron…
I’ve used other BSD based systems for work (e.g. NetApp) - but not FreeBSD… And did briefly support SunOS 4.1.x which was was more BSD than SystemV - and I do remember RC scripts from that time…
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Understood, and the definition for that’s an individual choice, right? 
Ernie
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Partly.
Some truths are true for everyone …ie objective, even if a few choose to disbelieve them
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Throwing my hat in the ring; Mint XFCE. Background extends to second monitor on the left, which is empty until I put something there.
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That is a fairly minimal Xfce.
OK, mine is like that too … dont like clutter
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