Subj : Systemd v259 released To : All From : LWN.net Date : Fri Dec 19 2025 06:40:08 Systemd v259 has been released. Notable changes include a new "--empower" option for run0 that provides elevated privileges to a user without switching to root, ability to propagate a user's home directory into a VM with systemd-vmspawn, and more. Support for System V service scripts has been deprecated, and will be removed in v260. See the release notes for other changes, feature removals, and deprecated features. https://lwn.net/Articles/1051163/ --- SBBSecho 3.32-Linux * Origin: Palantir * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL * (86:200/23) .