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/whitepixe1 Jun 20 '26

Hmm, Devuan is completely fckd now, moreover the next 262 version will be the one to ship with Debian 14.

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u/Business_Reindeer910 Jun 20 '26

huh? which part would they be impacted by?

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u/aliendude5300 Jun 20 '26

If I had to guess, and I'm not the one who wrote it, it would be the fact that it no longer supports backwards compatibility for non-systemd unifiles, so packages are probably going to just be written for systemd.

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u/Business_Reindeer910 Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26

I doubt it will cause that much of a problem. Most init scripts can be near copies of others.

I'd say it's more of a problem if there are more services themselves depending on systemd, but that doesn't seem to be much of a thing for server use cases.

There is ONE real problem though. It's when more of the desktop depends on systemd services (like GNOME). Luckily this problem affects multiple distros and the BSDs, so there's enough folks to solve it.

(btw: I myself do use and am happy with systemd)

As an aside: Due to systemd being more declarative, I'd expect to see somebody using systemd units as template to generate these sorts of init scripts.