Introduction

This package provides a full system-management, service-management, terminal-management, and logging toolset for BSDs and for Linux.

Design fundamentals

The basic design elements of the package are these:

Differentiation from other systems

Here are some of the distinctive major features where the system is different by design from existing systems.

For other differences, see the section on new interfaces.

Similarity with other systems

Here are some of the ways ways where the advances in design are the same as those of other systems.

For other similarities, see the section on familiar interfaces.