Linux's love-to-hate projects drop fresh versions: systemd 258 and GNOME 49
Init system update arrives behind schedule while desktop overhaul adds app and HDR polish
OSes23 Sep 2025 | 61
Systemd
First release candidate of systemd 258 is here
The latest version of systemd looks to be a big one, with substantial new functionality. More to love – right?
OSes25 Jul 2025 | 159
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
Biting the hand that feeds IT
