Resources on #systemd as well as a lot of options that are de-systemD. As well as hardening #guides, #privacy and #security stuff too

https://start.me/p/Kg8keE/priv-sec

Lennart Poettering intends to replace "sudo" with #systemd's run0. Here's a quick PoC to demonstrate root permission hijacking by exploiting the fact "systemd-run" (the basis of uid0/run0, the sudo replacer) creates a user owned pty for communication with the new "root" process.

This isn't the only bug of course, it's not possible on Linux to read the environment of a root owned process but as systemd creates a service in the system slice, you can query D-BUS and learn sensitive information passed to the process env, such as API keys or other secrets.

https://fixupx.com/hackerfantastic/status/1785495587514638559

Nitter mirror: https://xcancel.com/hackerfantastic/status/1785495587514638559

Here are some links about #systemd #alternatives for#Linux in no particular order.
Which are your favorites?

https://suckless.org/sucks/systemd/

https://unixsheikh.com/articles/the-real-motivation-behind-systemd.html

https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/

https://nosystemd.org/

https://skarnet.org/software/systemd.html

https://the-world-after-systemd.ungleich.ch/

https://ewontfix.com/14/

https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=120652

https://www.devuan.org/os/announce/

https://www.devuan.org/os/init-freedom

https://thehackernews.com/2019/01/linux-systemd-exploit.html

https://judecnelson.blogspot.com/2014/09/systemd-biggest-fallacies.html

https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2016/05/18/systemd-it-keeps-getting-worse/

https://systemd-free.artixlinux.org/why.php

Some more added here too: https://start.me/p/Kg8keE/priv-sec

#systemd #Linux

#Systemd Adding The Ability to Boot Directly Into A Disk Image Downloaded Via HTTP

https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-disk-image-boot-HTTP

#Linux #backdoor

A well written look at the pros and cons of #systemd

https://www.howtogeek.com/675569/why-linuxs-systemd-is-still-divisive-after-all-these-years/

@BonesTechGarage

#systemd #gnome

https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/

#Movuan #PINE64

The Movuan project was started by community member lxb and announced in a forum post as an alternative to mobile distributions using the #systemd init system. Thanks to being forked from Mobian, the project makes use of modified Mobian debos to build it’s images.

One of the modifications that lxb makes is an optional script which can customize a Movuan image to install extra software like AndroidImpEx for importing contacts and sms messages from an Android phone, Ungoogled Chromium, local caching DNS (bind) tunnelled through TLS (stubby) to privacy minded servers and an inbuilt adblocker through a caching proxy (squid). These modifications are a personal preference of lxb’s but anyone is free to use them to help improve their privacy.

https://pine64.org/2025/08/27/august_2025_movuan/

#Systemd Adds #Age #Verification & #Reddit #Linux Censors Age Verification Posts

Plus: Which Open Source Operating Systems plan to include Age Verification? The Lunduke Journal compiles a list.

Does It Age Verify?:
https://github.com/BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify

https://lunduke.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3erhbwqIAM

Lennart Poettering
#microsoft #stalking #surveillance #backdoor #trojan

SystemD Root Access Exploit Found, Devuan Team Calls SystemD "Unicorn Sh*t"

"Yet another high severity #systemd bug in #Ubuntu. Let us wish all #Devuan users a wonderful day out with their family, instead of shoveling unicorn sh*t."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yukEnElXUg

Lennart Poettering
#microsoft #Linux #stalking #surveillance #backdoor #trojan

antiX 26 Released as Systemd-Free Debian 13 Distro with Five Init Systems

antiX Linux 26 arrives based on Debian 13 Trixie with five init systems, a systemd-free design, and a fast, lightweight environment built for efficiency.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/antix-26-released-as-systemd-free-debian-13-distro-with-five-init-systems/

#debian #systemd #linux #distro

A systemd fork has set out as a fu*k you to age verification.

Liberated systemd is a fork of mainline systemd started by Jeffrey Seathrún Sardina, a machine learning/AI researcher who apparently had enough of where things were heading. The project is straightforward about its purpose; strip out what it considers surveillance-enabling code, keep everything else intact, and stay in sync with upstream as it develops.


https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-fork-strips-out-age-verification/

@itsfoss_official
#AgeVerification #SystemD

CachyOS Censors "Radicals" Opposed to Age Verification

In response to concerns about #Age #Verification features in #SystemD, the #CachyOS team says, "If you don’t want to use SystemD find another distribution," tells users to "STOP being radical".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJN6UWZPrzk

#Linux #trojan #backdoor #stalking #surveillance

systemd birthDate Merge: Corporate Filings & Governance Failure

Investigation pulled Amutable's founding documents from the German Handelsregister

The corporate filings show three equal shareholders, no outside investors, and self-dealing exemptions that let any founder sign contracts between the company and their own personal entities All three founders were employed at Microsoft when they signed the founding deed. A hidden shareholders' agreement referenced three times in the Articles of Association but never filed publicly governs economic rights, IP assignment, and vesting terms the public cannot see.

Three decisions put the birthDate field into #systemd. Each was made by someone with a direct financial interest in the outcome No one disclosed those interests. systemd has no conflict-of-interest policy, no steering committee, no community veto, and no disclosure requirements. The project that boots every major Linux distribution has less formal governance than a typical mid-size open source project.