📰 Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field
Flatpak may be next, and the lobbying behind it is raising eyebrows After weeks of debate, code to record user age was finally merged into the Linux world's favorite system management daemon.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/foss_age_verification/
#flatpak #systemd #linux
Flatpak may be next, and the lobbying behind it is raising eyebrows After weeks of debate, code to record user age was finally merged into the Linux world's favorite system management daemon.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/24/foss_age_verification/
#flatpak #systemd #linux
The Register
Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field
: Flatpak may be next, and the lobbying behind it is raising eyebrows
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📰 Inside the Systemd Age Verification Debate: Developer Responds to Criticism
A single pull request turned a quiet open source contributor into the unlikely target of one of the Linux community's most heated controversies. We interacted with Dylan Taylor to hear his side of the story.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17306445/dylan-taylor-systemd-controversy
#systemd #linux #opensource
A single pull request turned a quiet open source contributor into the unlikely target of one of the Linux community's most heated controversies. We interacted with Dylan Taylor to hear his side of the story.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17306445/dylan-taylor-systemd-controversy
#systemd #linux #opensource
It's FOSS
Inside the Systemd Age Verification Debate: Developer Responds to Criticism
A single pull request turned a quiet open source contributor into the unlikely target of one of the Linux community's most heated controversies. We interacted with Dylan Taylor to hear his side of the story.
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📰 Fish 4.6 Shell Brings Support For Recent systemd Environment Variables
Fish 4.6 released today as the newest version of this Rust-based interactive shell for Linux and other platforms...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fish-4.6-Released
#systemd #linux
Fish 4.6 released today as the newest version of this Rust-based interactive shell for Linux and other platforms...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fish-4.6-Released
#systemd #linux
Phoronix
Fish 4.6 Shell Brings Support For Recent systemd Environment Variables
Fish 4.6 released today as the newest version of this Rust-based interactive shell for Linux and other platforms.
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📰 KaOS 2026.03 Released With Major Move Away From systemd Components
KaOS 2026.03 removes systemd-boot and mkinitcpio, adopts Limine and Dracut, and introduces a new Niri-based desktop environment.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kaos-2026-03-released-with-major-move-away-from-systemd-components/
#systemd
KaOS 2026.03 removes systemd-boot and mkinitcpio, adopts Limine and Dracut, and introduces a new Niri-based desktop environment.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kaos-2026-03-released-with-major-move-away-from-systemd-components/
#systemd
Linuxiac
KaOS 2026.03 Released With Major Move Away From systemd Components
KaOS 2026.03 removes systemd-boot and mkinitcpio, adopts Limine and Dracut, and introduces a new Niri-based desktop environment.
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📰 The One Trick That Made Immutable Linux Easier For Me
There's a systemd utility that lets you "inject" tools into a read-only OS at runtime, without rebooting the system. Here's my exploration.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17309280/systemd-sysext
#linux #systemd
There's a systemd utility that lets you "inject" tools into a read-only OS at runtime, without rebooting the system. Here's my exploration.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17309280/systemd-sysext
#linux #systemd
It's FOSS
The One Trick That Made Immutable Linux Easier For Me
There's a systemd utility that lets you "inject" tools into a read-only OS at runtime, without rebooting the system. Here's my exploration.
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📰 Fedora Rejects Proposal To Use systemd For Managing Per-User Environment Variables
The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee "FESCo" this week rejected a change proposal for Fedora 45 that would use systemd's environment generator functionality for managing per-user environment variables...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Rejects-systemd-Feature
#systemd #fedora
The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee "FESCo" this week rejected a change proposal for Fedora 45 that would use systemd's environment generator functionality for managing per-user environment variables...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Rejects-systemd-Feature
#systemd #fedora
Phoronix
Fedora Rejects Proposal To Use systemd For Managing Per-User Environment Variables
The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee 'FESCo' this week rejected a change proposal for Fedora 45 that would use systemd's environment generator functionality for managing per-user environment variables.
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📰 Proposal to Centralize Per-User Environment Variables Under Systemd in Fedora Rejected
It was rejected due to insufficient consideration for systemd-less environments like containers.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17312296/fedora-per-user-environment-variables-proposal
#systemd #fedora
It was rejected due to insufficient consideration for systemd-less environments like containers.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17312296/fedora-per-user-environment-variables-proposal
#systemd #fedora
It's FOSS
Proposal to Centralize Per-User Environment Variables Under Systemd in Fedora Rejected
It was rejected due to insufficient consideration for systemd-less environments like containers.
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📰 Systemd-Free Artix Linux Sees First Release in 2026 with XLibre and PipeWire
Artix Linux 2026.04 distribution is now available for download with XLibre and PipeWire by default, Linux kernel 6.19, and more. Here's what's new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-artix-linux-sees-first-release-in-2026-with-xlibre-and-pipewire
#linux #systemd #kernel
Artix Linux 2026.04 distribution is now available for download with XLibre and PipeWire by default, Linux kernel 6.19, and more. Here's what's new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/systemd-free-artix-linux-sees-first-release-in-2026-with-xlibre-and-pipewire
#linux #systemd #kernel
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📰 Arch-Based Artix Linux 2026.04 Released With XLibre as Default X Server
Arch-based systemd-free Artix Linux 2026.04 is out with XLibre by default and PipeWire replacing PulseAudio in ISOs.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/artix-linux-2026-04-released-with-xlibre-as-default-x-serve/
#linux #systemd #arch
Arch-based systemd-free Artix Linux 2026.04 is out with XLibre by default and PipeWire replacing PulseAudio in ISOs.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/artix-linux-2026-04-released-with-xlibre-as-default-x-serve/
#linux #systemd #arch
Linuxiac
Arch-Based Artix Linux 2026.04 Released With XLibre as Default X Server
Arch-based systemd-free Artix Linux 2026.04 is out with XLibre by default and PipeWire replacing PulseAudio in ISOs.
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📰 user.* xattrs On Sockets Merged For Linux 7.1 As Sought By GNOME & systemd Developers
On this first day of the Linux 7.1 merge window, among the early pull requests merged were beginning to land the various VFS pull requests submitted by Christian Brauner. Among that code merged is enabling support for user.* extended attributes on sockets...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-User-xattrs-Sockets
#gnome #linux #systemd
On this first day of the Linux 7.1 merge window, among the early pull requests merged were beginning to land the various VFS pull requests submitted by Christian Brauner. Among that code merged is enabling support for user.* extended attributes on sockets...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.1-User-xattrs-Sockets
#gnome #linux #systemd
Phoronix
user.* xattrs On Sockets Merged For Linux 7.1 As Sought By GNOME & systemd Developers
On this first day of the Linux 7.1 merge window, among the early pull requests merged were beginning to land the various VFS pull requests submitted by Christian Brauner
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