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How does WSL/WSL2/WSLg work without systemd?

As I've understood it, systemd is Linuxes' "master"-daemon, managing all other processes right after it has been started up and run its init-function. Since I had this (now resolved) issue, ...
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Daemon Process in Linux

I have read that daemon processes in Linux a result of double forking. Are all the daemon process a result of double forking or are there some exceptions?
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How can I reboot system using Upstart?

I'm using Upstart on Ubuntu 12.04 to control and monitor a service defined by me, where the service is a user process running as a daemon. I need to monitor it so, when it fails/crashes it respawns, ...
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How to automatically restart a linux background process if it fails?

I have a process which is executed by init.d script on the background. Eg: case "$1" in start) /bin/myprocess & stop) killall myprocess restart) killall ...
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Daemon <||> Process control differences

With respect to this excellent post: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/958249/whats-the-difference-between-nohup-and-a-daemon I would like to ask the following: After launching an application ...
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