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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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰 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

📰Someone Forked Systemd to Strip Out Its Age Verification Support The project removes the birthDate field systemd added last week in response to age verification laws. 🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17304579/systemd-fork-strips-out-age-verification #systemd

📰antiX 26 Released as Systemd-Free Debian 13 Distro with Five Init Systems antiX Linux 26 arrives based on Debian 13 Trixie with five init systems, a systemd-free design, and a fast, lightweight environment built for efficiency. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/antix-26-released-as-systemd-free-debian-13-distro-with-five-init-systems/ #debian#systemd#linux#distro