Linux Services Explained: From One Command to a Real Service

What’s the difference between a process and a daemon on Linux? I start with a simple command — running darkhttpd as a plain process — hit its limitations live, and then build it into a real managed service on both Fedora (systemd) and Alpine (OpenRC), so you finally understand what services actually are: unit files, service managers, enabled vs running, and how the two families compare side by side. ~21 minutes.