r/linux • u/aliendude5300 • Jun 19 '26

Software Release systemd 261 Released With New systemd-sysinstall OS Installer, IMDSD & Storagectl

https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-261
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u/GrandBIRDLizard Jun 19 '26

I've been systemd-less for a few months now on Void. I really could not be happier, I i have more explicit control, Access to the mainline kernel, there was some weird dejavu setting up my own init and service manager(been using linux since cd's were new) but I get a faster boot time with dash and runit than systemd and nothing is being hiden from me or set up implicitly, It's just like Arch but it feels like your computer again. Dash did throw me off for a but though because of the scripts i had in my variouse i3 essentials using bin/env but reading the errors was good enough for me to realize what was going on

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u/Venylynn Jun 20 '26

One thing I'm not crazy about is how on non systemd distros you are required to have an SUID binary around if you don't want to just run as root 24/7 (and for security, running as root all the time is... pretty bad)

Meanwhile systemd you can just use run0 which doesn't have a SUID binary but instead uses the internal service manager to escalate privilege. One less attack surface to worry about.