I don't think #LFS dropping #sysvinit is a big deal, but I have backed up LFS 12.4 anyway.

It's less than 600 MB, including all tarballs and patches. It's almost nothing for modern storage devices.

Newer versions of LFS won't test against sysvinit anymore, but the old instructions should still work for a few years without changing.

Linux From Scratch gibt SysVinit-Unterstützung auf
https://linuxnews.de/linux-from-scratch-gibt-sysvinit-unterstuetzung-auf/ #lfs #blfs #linuxfromscratch #sysvinit #linux #linuxnews

Since when did I have to run `update-rc.d` to make new services work at boot on #Linux using #SysVinit?

Devuan – Debian Without Systemd
https://www.devuan.org/
#ycombinator #debian #jessie #ascii #beowulf #chimaera #daedalus #excalibur #fork #devuan #sysvinit #openrc #systemd #freedom #init_freedom #sysadmin #gnu #linux #distribution #open_source #free_software #compatibility #portable #embedded #minimal #compact

MX Linux 25.1 Infinity ISOs arrive with dual-init support and updated Debian kernels

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/01/mx-linux-25-1-infinity/

MX Linux 25.1 Infinity beta brings back dual-init and real user choice

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/01/mx-25-1-beta-dual-init/

@mook except that's not true:

Xorg is going to be a safer bet

Xorg is dead. It's basically braindead and harvested for organs at best.

we can just run old software forever

Good luck with that. Just don't complain that not everyone wants to waste time to support 0,1% of people that run IE6 of that no hardware vendor will bend over backwards to support #EoL'd #Kernel|s & #Userland.

maybe personal computing peaked around 2014 or so and we are entering an age of scientific stagnation

I think we're allowing too much #Enshittification but that's not due to #Wayland and #SystemD, because both are at worst necessary evils because their predecessors (#Xorg & #SysVinit) have refused to fix their issues and thus it's easier to start anew instead.

so forcing everyone to jump onto new unstable thing because 'progress' ..

Look, I don't like #Linux dropping #i386 support either, but I have neither the time nor skills nor spoons to change that.

i think we should have a healthy suspicion of that kind of thinking

Well, I do have. In fact I do better in a a side project (@OS1337) in case you want to use an #i486SX in 80x25 MDA, be my guest…

@mook the problem is that many #Linux #distros procrastinate change.

• Noone would've started #SystemD if #SysVinit wasn't a dead end.
• For all the old #Xorg applications there's #Wayback to provide a user-privileged #Xwayland option.
• Modern #GPU|s by #Intel and #AMD only support #Wayland as #X11 is #EoL'd. This is the reason I can't deploy @linuxmint / #LinuxMint but have to setup @ubuntu / #UbuntuLTS or @opensuse / #OpenSUSE instead.
• It'll likely be easier to backport Wayland than whatever clusterfuck #Xlibre does try...

Also the problem is with either unmaintained legacy applications doing edgecases or shitty hardware vendors (espechally #nvidia) refusing to support Wayland & mixed-DPI setups!

• In reality, shit just works as in even #Gaming does unless the #Developers are assholes and specifically engineer their #Game to not work on Linux…

Primer #viernesdeescritorio del año,desafortunadamente tuve que dejar freebsd porque me di cuenta que soy bastante dependiente del bluetooth y lamentablmente no existen drivers para mi adaptador,por ahora me mantendre en devuan con el clasico #sysvinit

#devuan #xfce #linux #gnu

Vendefoul LHS un Linux para Bajos Recursos #bajosrecursos #sysvinit #vendefoulwolf #excalibur
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CspWzfnVyig

systemd 259 unterstützt musl experimentell
https://linuxnews.de/systemd-259-unterstuetzt-musl-experimentell/ #systemd #musl #sysvinit #linux #linuxnews

:linux: You're more #openrc #sysvinit #runit #s6 #dinit #shepard #shepardinit and why do you prefer it instead another one? Or maybe one not listed here?
#slackware #voidlinux #gentoo #ArtixLinux #devuan #Crux #cruxlinux #collapseos #nosystemd #initfreedom #linux #redox #redoxos #guix #GuixSystem

Time to upgrade my laptop OS into #mxlinux 25 #xfce #sysvinit 👏

Which also means removing lots of bloat, installing other bloat, and reconfiguring the stuff 😅
Uh, if only it was a rolling release... 🥺

You're more
#initfreedom #nosystemd #linux #openrc #sysvinit #runit #s6 #dinit and why do you prefer it instead another one?
#slackware #voidlinux #gentoo #ArtixLinux #devuan

It's time to organise all my VMs.
LinuxLab with LFS SysV init, Gentoo :gentoo: with obviously OpenRC, Arch :archlinux: Artix with S6, Void with Runit.
CyberSecLab with Kali :kali_linux: and Windows communicating.
#linux #Gentoo #archlinux #ArtixLinux #voidlinux #runit #s6 #openrc #sysvinit #pid1

@jbz except #Wayland - like #SystemD - actually exists for good reasons, because #Xorg & #SysVinit weren't feasible to salvage as neglected #Abandonware…

Próxima parada: análisis de puertos, servicios y procesos, nadie quiere que hayan cosas corriendo que puedan ser explotadas por extraños, no? 😉

❓ ¿Les parecen interesantes estos temas? ¿Qué más agregarían? Los leo! 💬

#gnu #linux #systemd #sysV #sysvinit #ciberseguridad #infosec #hardening #curso #juncotic

Tarde de grabación! Va tomando forma el nuevo curso de #Hardening #Linux de #JuncoTIC 💪

🚀 Hoy salieron las clases de auditoria general de un sistema, análisis de aspectos como aplicaciones instaladas, usuarios creados, puertos abiertos, servicios corriendo.

Y grabé al detalle cómo gestionar servicios en #systemd y #sysVinit, para poder desactivar daemons innecesarios que aumentan la superficie de ataque.

Y un breve análisis de qué daemons nos sirven, y cuáles pueden ser un problema 😊
(sigue)

MX Linux 25 ‘Infinity’ ISOs now available as the Debian 13-based release arrives

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2025/11/mx-linux-25-infinity/