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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by skyline2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Fork time? Maybe all the anti-systemd zealots were right all along...

Edit: To address whether it is likely that this change will affect users: Gnome is planning a stronger dependence on userdb, the part of systemd where this change is being implemented. https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/

Final Edit: The PR has been merged into main.

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[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago

Nobody is forking systemd, especially over something like this. People have no idea how much work it is to maintain software like this.

[-] dx1@lemmy.ml 27 points 3 weeks ago

That is why we use other init systems.

[-] idriss@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

with this PR merged, I am already reading guides on how to replace systemd, that shit is defective by design and this PR just proves that systemd is another corpo bullshit

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