How to check what services are enabled on boot in Linux

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Sep 11, 2013

There are so-called startup services in Linux which are set to launch automatically when a Linux system boots up. These startup services, including basic system configurations as well as various add-on services, are needed for a particular Linux system to operate as expected. This tutorial describes how to check what startup services are enabled on boot in Linux.

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