SystemD now labeled "unicorn shit"

[Moonchild]

Not sure what to think about this but either way it's hilarious

FireShot Pro Screen Capture #452 - 'Devuan GNU_Linux on X_ _Found yet another high severity systemd bug in Ubuntu_ local root privilege escalation (CVE-2026-3888) https___t.co_dq8nOR3CNF Let us wish all _' - x.com_DevuanOrg_status_2034560405968712179.jpg

[ownedbywuigi]

Not sure what to think about this but either way it's hilarious

FireShot Pro Screen Capture #452 - 'Devuan GNU_Linux on X_ _Found yet another high severity systemd bug in Ubuntu_ local root privilege escalation (CVE-2026-3888) https___t.co_dq8nOR3CNF Let us wish all _' - x.com_DevuanOrg_status_2034560405968712179.jpg

OpenRC all the way, I wish Alpine Linux got some more attention though

[mr tribute]

systemd is a huge attack vector, no doubt.
To be fair you needed to have Snap packages installed for this bug to manifest (most Linux users don't have Snap packages installed).

[sofrosune]

(most Linux users don't have Snap packages installed)

Hi, do you have a source?

[Night Wing]

(most Linux users don't have Snap packages installed)

Hi, do you have a source?

A high-severity Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-3888 (CVSS 7.8), was identified in March 2026, affecting default installations of Ubuntu Desktop 24.04 and later. This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker to gain full root access by exploiting an interaction between snap-confine and systemd-tmpfiles.

As for me, I use two linux distros which are MX Linux and Debian. Both of these two distros use "systemd". In both of them, I do not use any flatpaks or snap applications.

[Mæstro]

I believe Canonical deserves the most blame for this, but then again, I am happy to kick it whenever I have got the excuse. Snap has no reason to exist. Neither has Flathub.

[Night Wing]

A little clarification on my part.

Debian is now totally systemd. But MX Linux give users a choice of using systemd or sysvinit in their iso's upon installation.

https://mxlinux.org/download-links/

I chose systemd for MX Linux, which is based on Debian, based solely on "software compatibility" with Debian. For me, I didn't care what the pros and cons of systemd and sysvinit were.

[ron_1]

Off-topic:

As for me, I use two linux distros which are MX Linux and Debian.

You dropped Mint? I'm curious, why?

[Night Wing]

Off-topic:

As for me, I use two linux distros which are MX Linux and Debian.

You dropped Mint? I'm curious, why?

Off-topic:
Mint started doing "stuff' that I did not like.

1) Mint "intentionally" got rid of the Grub menu upon boot. In order for me to get it back, I had to use the (ugh!) Terminal. I found out the Mint developers changed "one word" in the coding to bypass the Grub menu. They changed the word, "menu" to "hidden". I changed "hidden" back to "menu".

Not showing the Grub menu saves about 10 seconds of time upon boot. This is okay if one is using a laptop where the vast majority of laptops have one hard drive. But I use two desktop tower computers with two hard drives in each tower computer now, instead of three hard drives.

Without the Grub menu, I had to press my F11 key on one tower and on the second tower I had to press my F9 key to bring up their Boot Menus. And the Boot Menu prompt is so fast it lasts for about one half of one second in time. It is easy to miss and I did miss sometimes which ticked me off.

2) The Mint developers no longer installed by default the Synaptic Package Manager which I prefer over their Software Manager and the (ugh!) Terminal. That ticked me off. The SPM was relegated to the Mint repository. I had to re-install the SPM using the Software Manager.

3). The last item is the proverbial "last straw that broke the camel's back" if you get my drift. Someone upstream at Ubuntu or downstream at Mint, they sent an update out on a late Friday night which I received on Saturday morning. I guess someone had a "hot date" or just wanted to leave town real fast. This update was for graphic cards. So I installed the update.

I use AMD graphics cards in my two tower computers. This update made both of those two Mint drives not boot. Totally dead with nothing showing but a completely black colored screen which made my 32" external monitor's screen looked like it was turned "off" when it was still turned on.

To me, it seemed like the Mint developers were "cutting corners" to lessen their work load. But the MX Linux and Debian developers, they kept the Synaptic Package Manger as a default application upon installing their respective distros. They also kept the Grub Menu and their updates didn't brick my AMD graphics cards.

So I just kicked Mint to the curb. And I had using Mint from 2013 to 2025, a total of 12 years. One thing about Linux. I knew there are plenty of "other" linux distros to play around with if things go awry and they can be found at the link below on the right side of the page.

https://distrowatch.com/

Unlike with Windows; if one does not like Windows, but needs a Windows only program, one just tolerates Windows. But since I was also using MX Linux and Debian, I decided to format those Mint drives and just put them in a drawer for future use.

Since I have 5 computers (2 desktop towers, 3 laptops) I have 4 SSD's installed with MX Linux and 3 SSD's installed with Debian.

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[frostknight]

Not sure what to think about this but either way it's hilarious

FireShot Pro Screen Capture #452 - 'Devuan GNU_Linux on X_ _Found yet another high severity systemd bug in Ubuntu_ local root privilege escalation (CVE-2026-3888) https___t.co_dq8nOR3CNF Let us wish all _' - x.com_DevuanOrg_status_2034560405968712179.jpg

Agree with this... especially with the age verification shit being pushed on linux via systemd now.

[ron_1]

I'm glad I dropped systemd distros years ago. I knew I had a good reason.

[Night Wing]

Agree with this... especially with the age verification shit being pushed on linux via systemd now.

Just curious.

I will post a hypothetical "what if" question to you.

If you live in the USA, what if every state in the USA implements "Age Verification" not just for linux distros, but also for the Windows and Apple operating systems, what are you going to do then computer wise?

[Mæstro]

Permit me to answer this question, though it was not directed towards me. I should simply recall the evident fact that the United States do not comprehend the entire inhabited world, and use a foreign distribution, if not one developed by apathetic or defiant US Americans.

[nero355]

Just curious.

I will post a hypothetical "what if" question to you.

If you live in the USA, what if every state in the USA implements "Age Verification" not just for linux distros, but also for the Windows and Apple operating systems, what are you going to do then computer wise?

When TCPA/Palladium eventually kicks in completely it won't matter what your choice or believe/attitude is towards all of these things, so let's not think about that kind of stuff too much and enjoy the time that we have until that moment for now!

[Mæstro]

This Palladium? Judging by its apparent rate of development, by the time it is ready, we should all be able to use GNU/HURD for production.

[nero355]

This Palladium? Judging by its apparent rate of development, by the time it is ready, we should all be able to use GNU/HURD for production.

It's already here since TPM Chips and Secure Boot started being a thing

And it seems that article is missing one huge part of it : "The Trusted Computing Chain" so to speak.
Basically the fact that at one point you won't be having any Internet Access at all if you don't have all of the required hardware and software

To give you an example :

Applications -> Operating System -> UEFI or some kind of Firmware -> PC/Laptop/Tablet/Phone Hardware -> LAN/WLAN -> Network Switch/Accesspoint -> Router/Modem+Router -> All the Routers on your ISP's Infrastructure

If ANY of these does not support TCPA/Palladium then your Internet Access won't work

The same goes for 4G/5G LTE Internet Access or in case you live in a part of the world where Dial-In/Up Modems are still a thing...