Systemd 256-rc1 Brings A Huge Number Of New Features

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Systemd 256-rc1 Brings A Huge Number Of New Features

Systemd 256-rc1 is available this evening and it comes with many new features and improvements to existing features. It's a big one...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-256-rc1

[tildearrow]

Typo:

per-connection socket activivation

[EphemeralEft]

*Sigh* Still no usable integritysetup integration.

The liblz4, libzstd, liblzma, libkmod, libgcrypt dependencies have
been changed from regular shared library dependencies into dlopen()
based ones.

That's good, though.

[ojsl1]

Just five years ago this would have probably caused an uproar.

[Brittle2]

Just five years ago this would have probably caused an uproar.

why?, what changed?

[andyprough]

Not sure what you need the rest of an operating system for anymore. Just tack on a systemd web browser and you are all set.

[CommunityMember]

The liblz4, libzstd, liblzma, libkmod, libgcrypt dependencies have
been changed from regular shared library dependencies into dlopen()
based ones.​

That's good, though.

There is a belief that systemd's pending change to dlopen from shared library usage was a motivation for the xz supply chain attacker to move quicker, and they ended up making mistakes that were eventually noticed and identified before it was widely deployed.

[quaz0r]

Huge Number Of New Features

It's a big one.

These systemd articles are always trollbait

[pWe00Iri3e7Z9lHOX2Qx]

Systemd-homed can now unlock home directories when logging in via SSH

Wasn't this the big feature that a lot of people needed to consider using homed encrypted home directories?

[timrichardson]

Not sure what you need the rest of an operating system for anymore. Just tack on a systemd web browser and you are all set.

Actually, for maximum fun systemd should integrate a wayland compositor