｢ starting with MX Linux 25, users will need to pick their preferred init system—systemd or sysVinit—when downloading the ISO, not during installation or boot ｣
Why are there a bunch of different Wayland “compositors?” Why isn’t there just one good compositor that window systems can sit atop? Same with HID management, there should just be one good HID daemon.
Maybe eventually there’ll be a systemd-compositor and systemd-hid to handle this. Seems like they might be good candidates for Rust, too.
Una ayudita para algún experto de systemd. Estoy intentando hacer una unit que corre un script de shell con un usuario que no es root, y el script de shell lo que hace es iniciar un container en podman.
Ya activé el lingering para el usuario. Pero me sale este error:
Aug 22 11:36:06 localhost.localdomain systemd[1188]: create_httpd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Aug 22 11:36:06 localhost.localdomain systemd[1188]: create_httpd.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Aug 22 11:36:06 localhost.localdomain systemd[1188]: create_httpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug 22 11:36:06 localhost.localdomain systemd[1188]: Failed to start create_httpd.service - Run an httpd container.
mas info abajo...
Una ayudita para algún experto de systemd. Estoy intentando hacer una unit que corre un script de shell con un usuario que no es root, y el script de shell lo que hace es iniciar un container en podman.
Ya activé el lingering para el usuario. Pero me sale este error:
Aug 22 11:36:06 localhost.localdomain systemd[1188]: create_httpd.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Aug 22 11:36:06 localhost.localdomain systemd[1188]: create_httpd.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Aug 22 11:36:06 localhost.localdomain systemd[1188]: create_httpd.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Aug 22 11:36:06 localhost.localdomain systemd[1188]: Failed to start create_httpd.service - Run an httpd container.
mas info abajo...
Save the date! We'll have another edition of #BoilingTheOcean in Berlin on October 3-5, right after All Systems Go. More details to follow 😎
Save the date! We'll have another edition of #BoilingTheOcean in Berlin on October 3-5, right after All Systems Go. More details to follow 😎
Today I realized that a lot of people don't seem to know about #systemd drop-in files. Stuff you can drop in /etc/systemd/system/.service.d/whatever.conf, and they'll be merged into the service.
You can use this to create common abstractions, and rather than editing random service files shipped by upstream, or your distribution, you can just symlink a common abstraction to a drop-in, and voila.
This is mighty useful if you want to lock things down further, and don't want to repeat yourself N+1 times.
Dear #BSD / #Anti_SystemD peeps,
Please make friends with #Linux-only, #Systemd fans.
#X114EVR peeps, please make friends with #Wayland fans.
The only way the community at large moves forward is to keep conflict within the domain of friendship. That way we can hold our differences, and learn to synthesize the disagreements.
And please, please don't assume that someone is your ally just because they agree with you on one technical point. I don't have a problem with X11 being maintained until the end of time, I just don't want it to be led by someone with really horrible/destructive politics.
It's not #CancelCulture, it's mercy. I'm trying to cancel a destructive ideology; people are never my enemy.
Dear #BSD / #Anti_SystemD peeps,
Please make friends with #Linux-only, #Systemd fans.
#X114EVR peeps, please make friends with #Wayland fans.
The only way the community at large moves forward is to keep conflict within the domain of friendship. That way we can hold our differences, and learn to synthesize the disagreements.
And please, please don't assume that someone is your ally just because they agree with you on one technical point. I don't have a problem with X11 being maintained until the end of time, I just don't want it to be led by someone with really horrible/destructive politics.
It's not #CancelCulture, it's mercy. I'm trying to cancel a destructive ideology; people are never my enemy.
｢ starting with MX Linux 25, users will need to pick their preferred init system—systemd or sysVinit—when downloading the ISO, not during installation or boot ｣
We got to work with the #systemd team to strengthen Linux 💪
DNS lookups on Linux need to be so fast you don’t notice them, without compromising security. Our team recently helped:
🔧 extend test coverage
🔧 ensure edge cases are covered
🔧 and fix some parser bugs
Discover more about DNS security, what we did in detail + get a look at the tests we added on our blog: https://neighbourhood.ie/blog/2025/07/23/nh-stf-s01e04-systemd
We got to work with the #systemd team to strengthen Linux 💪
DNS lookups on Linux need to be so fast you don’t notice them, without compromising security. Our team recently helped:
🔧 extend test coverage
🔧 ensure edge cases are covered
🔧 and fix some parser bugs
Discover more about DNS security, what we did in detail + get a look at the tests we added on our blog: https://neighbourhood.ie/blog/2025/07/23/nh-stf-s01e04-systemd
Hey @systemdUltras #systemd #systemdultras
How to pause a timer during the execution of a service?
Usecase: I have a timer that does a mail-sync every 10 or 15 minutes. I have another timer that does a backup every day at 11. During the run of the backup, I want to pause the mail-sync.
I bet there's a way to properly do this with systemd - I am just not sure what the right way is.
Btw, both of these services are user-services, if that matters.
Hey @systemdUltras #systemd #systemdultras
How to pause a timer during the execution of a service?
Usecase: I have a timer that does a mail-sync every 10 or 15 minutes. I have another timer that does a backup every day at 11. During the run of the backup, I want to pause the mail-sync.
I bet there's a way to properly do this with systemd - I am just not sure what the right way is.
Btw, both of these services are user-services, if that matters.
The systemd project was and is a huge leap forward for Linux. I can't imagine doing sysops without it.
https://blog.tjll.net/the-systemd-revolution-has-been-a-success/
Update: suspected "AI" usage for the images in the post, in case you want to avoid this.
Having a totally normal lazy Sunday morning, working out the best way to set up an object storage service on my home network.
I'm trying to figure out setting up an email (SMTP) service on my little hosted machines, so I don't need to rely on any particular mail provider.
Which leads me to thinking I really like how #Podman can generate #SystemD units to automatically manage the service containers.
And that has led me to the conclusion I probably should wait for #Debian Trixie release next month, when I can migrate past Podman 4.3.
How do you manage SMTP service for yours, @mike?
The systemd project was and is a huge leap forward for Linux. I can't imagine doing sysops without it.
https://blog.tjll.net/the-systemd-revolution-has-been-a-success/
Update: suspected "AI" usage for the images in the post, in case you want to avoid this.
🤡 Just what the doctor ordered, moar systemd.
https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/
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