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Ubuntu To Officially Switch To systemd Next Monday

Posted by Soulskill on from the dissenting-dachshund dept.

jones_supa writes: Ubuntu is going live with systemd, reports Martin Pitt in the ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list. Next Monday, Vivid (15.04) will be switched to boot with systemd instead of UpStart. The change concerns desktop, server, and all other current flavors. Technically, this will flip around the preferred dependency of init to systemd-sysv | upstart in package management, which will affect new installs, but not upgrades. Upgrades will be switched by adding systemd-sysv to ubuntu-standard's dependencies. If you want, you can manually do the change already, but it's advisable to do an one-time boot first. Right now it is important that if you run into any trouble, file a proper bug report in Launchpad (ubuntu-bug systemd). If after some weeks it is found that there are too many or too big regressions, Ubuntu can still revert back to UpStart.

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  1. ABOUT FUCKING TIME! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now time for me to switch to Windows!

    1. Re:ABOUT FUCKING TIME! by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 3, Funny

      Happily, if systemd really is a train-wreck in the making, there are still some other distros keeping the altneraties alive. So if Canonical and/or Debian ends up regretting the choice, there should be the living knowledge for a while to revert.

  2. Not ready for primetime by halivar · · Score: 5, Funny

    It still doesn't have a decent architecture for scheme plugins and a robust text editor.

    1. Re: Not ready for primetime by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      I hope nobody is honestly paying you to roll out Slackware servers

  3. Watching systemd evolve by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Funny

    Enjoy

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  4. Surely the sky will fall! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Think of the children!

    1. Re:Surely the sky will fall! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      Stop thinking of the children already, you perv!

  5. Bug report by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The bug is systemd.

  6. I was on the fence by wisnoskij · · Score: 4, Funny

    I never really understood either side, far above my head. But I have used Ubuntu a few times and followed their major changes over the last decade. If there is one thing I do understand is that if Ubuntu is switching to it it must be a trendy piece of crap, far from ready for prime time.

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  7. themes and skins? by bmajik · · Score: 5, Funny

    I won't use systemd until it is themeable, or at least skinnable.

    Also, where are all the good screenshots showing cool systemd setups?

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  8. Re:beta lovers use systemd by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first half was a very good science-fiction movie ... The second half was a bad horror movie.

    So, just like systemd then.

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