Chainfire (the developer of SuperSU), has come up with a new style of rooting devices on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and above. This is "systemless" root, and is all the rage right now. So, just in case anyone feels curious, I thought there should be some information about "systemless" root here for future reference.

The main question:

What is "systemless" root, exactly?

This question has 2 ancillary questions, which are:

1. Where is it more applicable over traditional "system-based" root, and how is it different from it?

2. Is it better than traditional root? If so, how?

A comprehensive answer to the main question along with the ancillary questions will be preferred.

Chainfire (the developer of SuperSU), has come up with a new style of rooting devices on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and above. This is "systemless" root, and is all the rage right now. So, just in case anyone feels curious, I thought there should be some information about "systemless" root here for future reference.

The main question:

What is "systemless" root, exactly?

This question has 2 ancillary questions, which are:

1. Where is it more applicable over traditional "system-based" root, and how is it different from it?

2. Is it better than traditional root? If so, how?

A comprehensive answer to the main question along with the ancillary questions will be preferred.

Chainfire (the developer of SuperSU), has come up with a new style of rooting devices on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and above. This is "systemless" root, and is all the rage right now. So, just in case anyone feels curious, I thought there should be some information about "systemless" root here for future reference.

This will have 3 sub-questions, all applicable to the main question:

1. What is "systemless" root, exactly? (The main question)

2. Where is it more applicable over traditional "system-based" root, and how is it different from it?

3. Is it better than traditional root? If so, how?

Chainfire (the developer of SuperSU), has come up with a new style of rooting devices on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and above. This is "systemless" root, and is all the rage right now. So, just in case anyone feels curious, I thought there should be some information about "systemless" root here for future reference.

The main question:

What is "systemless" root, exactly?

This question has 2 ancillary questions, which are:

1. Where is it more applicable over traditional "system-based" root, and how is it different from it?

2. Is it better than traditional root? If so, how?

A comprehensive answer to the main question along with the ancillary questions will be preferred.