Systemd 259 Released With Major Changes Ahead of Legacy SysV Removal

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The systemd v259 release makes journald persistent by default, drops TPM 1.2 support, and fully transitions networking components to nftables.Systemd v259 has been released, delivering one of the most wide-ranging updates in recent cycles while preparing users and distributions for more disruptive changes planned for v260.

Support for legacy System V init scripts has been formally deprecated and scheduled for complete removal in systemd v260. Components such as systemd-sysv-generator and systemd-sysv-install are now on borrowed time, and projects still relying on SysV scripts are explicitly urged to migrate to native systemd units.

Alongside this, systemd has published its intent to raise minimum dependency requirements in v260, including Linux kernel 5.10, glibc 2.34, OpenSSL 3.0, and Python 3.9.

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Humm… :thinking:
Some news having its importance
But not sure it has a meaning for the newbie or the basic front end user (not knowing what in the background makes their hardware to actually work)

My 2 cents

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I actually agree with you but to some Linux purist it is a big enough deal between systemd and System V init that by going to systemd caused some OS’s to be forked to keep System V init alive.

Myself I can’t say I have noticed a differnce.

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