Systemd

Agent P waxes lyrical about 14 years of systemd

FOSDEM 2025 Lennart Poettering gave packed-out keynote talk. Jack Dorsey … didn't

OSes06 Feb 2025 | 121

systemd begrudgingly drops a safety net while a challenger appears, GNU Shepherd 1.0

Holidays come early for distro builders with two init systems to choose from

OSes13 Dec 2024 | 149

systemd 256.1: Now slightly less likely to delete /home

Fixes catastrophic data loss, er, bug, er poorly documented feature... user error

Software20 Jun 2024 | 209

Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy'

And it's subsuming another bit of Linux by replacing sudo

Software13 Jun 2024 | 182

Systemd 255 is here with improved UKI support

This is release 0b11111111 (0xFF) – what could possibly go wrong?

OSes08 Dec 2023 | 108

Version 5 of systemd-free Debian remix Devuan is here

Debian Bookworm without the controversial init – or the platform support, or the polish

OSes21 Aug 2023 | 71

Soft-reboot in systemd 254 sounds a lot like Windows' Fast Startup

Where does Agent P work again?

OSes02 Aug 2023 | 128

systemd 253: You're looking at the future of enterprise Linux boot processes

The init system many love to hate intros tool to create Unified Kernel Image files

OSes17 Feb 2023 | 50

Version 252 of systemd, as expected, locks down the Linux boot process

The init system that everybody loves to hate

OSes03 Nov 2022 | 168

Microsoft's Lennart Poettering proposes tightening up Linux boot process

Building your own initial RAMdisk? That's insecure!

OSes26 Oct 2022 | 187

A match made in heaven: systemd comes to Windows Subsystem for Linux

Has someone been Poettering about?

OSes24 Sep 2022 | 118

Ubuntu Linux 18.04 systemd security patch breaks DNS in Microsoft Azure

Snafu disrupts VMs as cloud giant offers workarounds

PaaS + IaaS30 Aug 2022 | 44

Systemd supremo Lennart Poettering leaves Red Hat for Microsoft

What's the opposite of defenestration?

Software07 Jul 2022 | 189

Version 251 of systemd coming soon to a Linux distro near you

'Experimental' systemd-sysupdate feature likely to get the most attention

Software24 May 2022 | 149

Ubuntu desktop team teases 'proof of concept' systemd on Windows Subsystem for Linux

Stop the rock, can't stop the rock, we can't stop the rock

Software17 Nov 2021 | 114

Systemd 249 release candidate includes better support for immutable OSes and provisioning images

Along with a slew of other new features

Software16 Jun 2021 | 104

New systemd 248 feature 'extension images' updates immutable file systems without really updating them

Plus other improvements to the Linux service manager

OSes01 Apr 2021 | 58

Devuan adds third init option in sixth birthday release

Veteran Unix Admins offer new cut of systemd-free Debian derivative and get the name right this time

OSes16 Feb 2021 | 46

Devuan Beowulf 3.0 release continues to resist the Debian fork's Grendel – systemd

Minimalist distro aims to be the go-to for systemd-free Linux installations

OSes03 Jun 2020 | 73

Kaspersky cleans up poisoned watering hole, Google presses pause on cookie crackdown

Roundup Plus: SystemD has a privilege escalation flaw that needs patching, and more bits and bytes

Security06 Apr 2020 | 16

At last, the fix no one asked for: Portable home directories merged into systemd

Option to securely carry your user profile with you in next release

Software03 Feb 2020 | 206

Linux in 2020: 27.8 million lines of code in the kernel, 1.3 million in systemd

Systemd? It's the proper technical solution, says kernel maintainer

OSes06 Jan 2020 | 175

The D in Systemd is for Directories: Poettering says his creation will phone /home in future

All Systems Go Systemd-managed home folders are secure, portable, extensible... albeit with broken SSH login

OSes25 Sep 2019 | 356

Oh Snapd! Gimme-root-now security bug lets miscreants sock it to your Ubuntu boxes

Get an update, or risk giving a dodgy user or malware an upgrade

OSes14 Feb 2019 | 56

The D in SystemD stands for Danger, Will Robinson! Defanged exploit code for security holes now out in the wild

Capsule8 demos takeover technique to help sysadmins check for vulnerabilities

OSes31 Jan 2019 | 62

Google logins make JavaScript mandatory, Huawei China spy shock, Mac malware, Iran gets new Stuxnet, and more

Roundup Plus, SystemD gets system de-bugged, again

Security03 Nov 2018 | 69

The D in Systemd stands for 'Dammmmit!' A nasty DHCPv6 packet can pwn a vulnerable Linux box

Hole opens up remote-code execution to miscreants – or a crash, if you're lucky

OSes26 Oct 2018 | 127

You love Systemd – you just don't know it yet, wink Red Hat bods

Red Hat Summit It's the anchovy pasta of Linux administration, it seems

OSes10 May 2018 | 146

Systemd-free Devuan Linux looses version 2.0 release candidate

More desktops. More boards. More ‘init freedom’ and a long-ish roadmap

OSes10 May 2018 | 34

systemd'oh! DNS lib underscore bug bites everyone's favorite init tool, blanks Netflix

Repeat after me: _ is allowed in domain names

Software24 Jul 2017 | 150

Create a user called '0day', get bonus root privs – thanks, Systemd!

It's not a bug, it's a feature

OSes05 Jul 2017 | 174

Init freedom declared as systemd-free Devuan hits stable 1.0.0 status

POLL Devuan 'Jessie' is done and will get long term support beyond the life of Debian Jessie

OSes26 May 2017 | 88

systemd-free Devuan Linux hits RC2

GNOME, KDE, and Cinnamon are now off the menu

OSes05 May 2017 | 134

systemd-free Devuan Linux hits version 1.0.0

Unix greybeards issue release candidate and proclaim init freedom

OSes22 Apr 2017 | 255

systemd free Linux distro Devuan releases second beta

Greybeard-built Debian fork bringing init freedom on track for early 2017 release

OSes30 Nov 2016 | 61

Systemd adds filesystem mount tool

Linux mount gets a systemd wrapper

OSes22 Aug 2016 | 134

Linux greybeards release beta of systemd-free Debian fork

Devuan 'Jessie' betas debut in the name of 'Init freedom'

OSes29 Apr 2016 | 118

True believers mind-meld FreeBSD with Ubuntu to burn systemd

'UbuntuBSD' promises the best of several possible bootloading worlds

OSes22 Mar 2016 | 98

Little warning: Deleting the wrong files may brick your Linux PC

Don't run rm -rf / as a laugh to clean your filesystem on a ham-fisted UEFI machine

Software02 Feb 2016 | 179

Debian ships new 'Jessie' release with systemd AND sysvinit

That oughta keep the greybeards quiet for now

Software27 Apr 2015 | 58

Grab your pitchforks: Ubuntu to switch to systemd on Monday

It's Debian all o'er agin, I tells ye!

OSes07 Mar 2015 | 158

Devuan rebels hope to deliver Debian fork in 2015

343 people on the mailing list, €3,473 in cash and systemd replacement under way

OSes24 Dec 2014 | 19

systemd row ends with Debian getting forked

Greybeards vs. Gnomes fight sees creation of new 'Devuan' distro

OSes01 Dec 2014 | 313

Was ist das? Eine neue Suse Linux Enterprise? Ausgezeichnet!

Version 12 first major-number Suse release since 2009

OSes28 Oct 2014 | 18

Linux systemd dev says open source is 'SICK', kernel community 'awful'

Reckons newbies should beware of hostile straight white males

OSes06 Oct 2014 | 212

Torvalds rails at Linux developer: 'I'm f*cking tired of your code'

Kay Sievers banished to fuming Finn's doghouse

OSes05 Apr 2014 | 240

Users decide Fedora 17 will be 'Beefy Miracle'

Beta of Fedora 16 gives faster booting and better GNOME

OSes12 Oct 2011 | 15