When Linux users get into arguments about init systems, the conversation usually circles back to systemd. systemd came out of a time when the Linux ecosystem was experimenting a lot, as distros ...

The systemd project has officially released systemd 262, delivering another substantial update to the system and service ...

Systemd is one of the most controversial projects in Linux-land right now. How controversial? So controversial that Lennart Poettering, one of systemd’s developers, even claims that horrible people ...

It’s official: Ubuntu is the latest Linux distribution to switch to systemd. After a civil war in Debian that spawned a fork named Devuan, Ubuntu has now flipped the switch. Ubuntu announced plans to ...

After the cacaphony erupted over my columns in August and September, I thought I might take a break from the systemd wars for a while, but the battles I’ve seen in forums across the Internet seem to ...

It was an ugly fight at times. On one side you had Ubuntu favoring its Upstart program to replace the old Unix/Linux init daemon, which oversees the operating system’s start-up and shutdown processes.

Microsoft and Canonical have teamed up to add systemd support to the Windows Subsystem for Linux, allowing a larger number of compatible apps to be installed. systemd is a Linux software application ...

It might not be the end of the world, but the design of systemd and the attitudes of its developers have been counterproductive Now that Red Hat has released RHEL 7 with systemd in place of the ...

Systemd handles mounting and automounting of file systems in a new way for Linux admins. If you're used to /etc/fstab and autofs, it's time to learn anew. Linux systemd, introduced on Red Hat ...

If you're a Windows administrator with a few Linux servers, or a new administrator starting out on Linux, you need to learn how to start, stop and check services. Recent changes have made Linux ...