Mastodon Stories for systemd v258

Already on Sep 17 we released systemd v258 into the wild.

In the weeks leading up to that release I have posted a series of serieses of posts to Mastodon about key new features in this release, under the #systemd258 hash tag. It was my intention to post a link list here on this blog right after completing that series, but I simply forgot! Hence, in case you aren't using Mastodon, but would like to read up, here's a list of all 37 posts:

Post #1: systemctl start -v
Post #2: Home areas
Post #3: systemd-resolved delegate zones
Post #4: Foreign UID range
Post #5: /etc/hostname ??? wildcards
Post #6: Quota on /tmp/
Post #7: ConcurretnySoftMax= + ConcurrencyHardMax=
Post #8: Product UUID in ConditionHost=
Post #9: Context OSC terminal sequences
Post #10: uki-url Boot Loader Spec Type #1 fields
Post #11: rd.break= boot breakpoints
Post #12: Factory Reset Rework
Post #13: systemd-resolved DNS Configuration Change IPC Subscription API
Post #14: io.systemd.boot-entries.extra= SMBIOS Type #11 Key
Post #15: Bring Your Own Firmware
Post #16: userdb record aliases
Post #17: systemd-validatefs and its xattrs
Post #18: Offline Signing of Artifacts
Post #19: PAMName= in services hooked up to ask-password protocol
Post #20: x-systemd.graceful-option= mount option
Post #21: systemd-userdb-load-credentials.service
Post #22: systemd-vmspawn --grow-image=a
Post #23: systemd-notify --fork
Post #24: $TERM auto-discovery
Post #25: Rebooting/Powering off systemd-nspawn containers via hotkey
Post #26: ExecStart= | modifier
Post #27: systemctl reload reloads confexts
Post #28: Server side userdb filtering
Post #29: Quota on StateDirectory= and friends
Post #30: systemd-analyze unit-shell
Post #31: /etc/issue.d/ drop-in for AF_VSOCK CID
Post #32: fsverity in systemd-repart
Post #33: AcceptFileDescriptor= + PassPIDFD=
Post #34: Tab completion in interactive systemd-firstboot
Post #35: rd.systemd.pull= kernel command line option/Boot into tarball
Post #36: ConditionKernelModuleLoaded=
Post #37: systemd-analyze chid
Post #38: homectl list-signing-keys/get-signing-key/add-signing-key/remove-signing-key
Post #39: DDI Image Filters
Post #40: Android USB Debugging udev rules
Post #41: systemd-vmspawn's --smbios11= switch
Post #42: $MAINPIDFDID + $MANAGERPIDFDID
Post #43: $DEBUG_INVOCATION=1 Respected by all systemd services
Post #44: LoaderDeviceURL EFI Variable and systemd.pull='s origin kernel command line switch
Post #45: cgroupv1 removal
Post #46: ProtectHostname=private
Post #47: homectl adopt + homectl register
Post #48: systemd-machined Varlink APIs
Post #49: DeferTrigger and "lenient" job mode
Post #50: Automatic Removal of foreign UID owned delegate subgroups in the per-user service manager
Post #51: Per-user ask-password protocol
Post #52: PrivateUsers=full
Post #53: LoadCredentialEncrypted= in the per-user service manager
Post #54: dissect_image builtin in systemd-udevd
Post #55: BPF Delegation via Tokens

I intend to do a similar series of serieses of posts for the next systemd release (v259), hence if you haven't left tech Twitter for Mastodon yet, now is the opportunity.

We intend to shorten the release cycle a bit for the future, and in fact managed to tag v259-rc1 already yesterday, just 2 months after v258. Hence, my series for v259 will begin soon, under the #systemd259 hash tag.

In case you are interested, here is the corresponding blog story for systemd v257, and here for v256.

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