Title: "How To Check The Runlevel In GNU/Linux" Date: 2017-06-16 18:04:30 Categories: [os] Tags: [runlevels] Slug: how-to-check-runlevel-in-gnu-linux
A runlevel is one of the modes that a Unix-based operating system will run in. In Linux Kernel, there are 7 runlevels exists, starting from 0 to 6. The system can be booted into only one runlevel at a time. By default, a system boots either to runlevel 3 or to runlevel 5. Runlevel 3 is CLI, and 5 is GUI.