Neowin News Feed for: Systemd

Windows Subsystem for Linux is now generally available in the Microsoft Store

Usama Jawad — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 01:22:01 +0000

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in the Microsoft Store has ditched the "Preview" tag and is now generally available for both Windows 10 and Windows 11. It has also become the default WSL experience. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Windows 11 2022 Update, Dev build 25206, and Surface on the horizon

Usama Jawad — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 17:16:02 +0000

This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly is quite eventful due to the arrival of the Windows 11 2022 Update, a bunch of Insider builds, an upcoming Surface event, and allegations from Mozilla. Read more...

Microsoft and Canonical bring systemd support to WSL

Paul Hill — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:28:01 +0000

Microsoft and Canonical have been working together to add systemd support to WSL. This will enable several applications to run on WSL instances including snap, microk8s, and systemctl. Read more...

Systemd v251 with GNU11 could prove troublesome for users of nearly all Linux distros

Alap Naik Desai — Tue, 24 May 2022 16:04:01 +0000

With Systemd version 251, the role of Package Manager could radically shift, reducing the flexibility it offered to users and allowing more control in the hands of Linux distro makers. Read more...

Devuan 1.0 has made its public release without systemd

Paul Hill — Fri, 26 May 2017 23:04:01 +0000

Devuan 1.0 Jessie has been released. It is now considered stable and can installed as an upgrade to existing Debian 7 and 8 installations. The distribution split from Debian over an init controversy. Read more...