Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Learn how systemd targets work in Linux.

0:00 What are systemd targets?
1:19 old-school "runlevels"
1:42 systemctl --list-units --type=target
2:21 useful network targets
3:29 systemctl isolate $TARGET
5:02 systemctl get-default
5:36 add-wants and why you don't want it
6:41 Dave's theory on system config changes



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