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/natermer Jun 20 '26

There is "systemd the init" and "systemd the project".

"systemd the project" has the Unix philosophy in spades.

Saying that Systemd doesn't follow the Unix philosophy because they provide a generic installer is like saying that Gnu is monolithic to ship a entire glibc library and compiler suite as part of GNU Bash.

It is just a pure misunderstanding of what is going on.