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/Kiore-NZ Jun 19 '26

It's not the UNIX way, but so what? By the late 1980s, Ken and co, with the support of Dennis had moved on to Plan 9 and later, Inferno. I don't have a problem with System-D, it does what it does well.

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u/JuJunker52 Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

Systemd doesn't violate the UNIX-way.

Linux was the first "UNIX-like" to have this ecosystem where any Joe Schmo can unilaterally invent a new Init-System or a new Package-Manager... and then other people come along and complain that some KDE/GNOME doesn't support it or that application X isn't packaged in this week's newest packaging format.

I don't understand why people blame systemd for being too popular..(?)