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Key changes include the removal of System V service... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/systemd-260-released-mstack-sysv-service-scripts-removed-ai-agents-documentation-h5ukksjwv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/H5UKKSJwv.png og:image:alt: systemd 260 Released: mstack, SysV Service Scripts Removed & AI Agents Documentation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # systemd 260 Released: mstack, SysV Service Scripts Removed & AI Agents Documentation **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary systemd 260 has been released as the newest stable version of the Linux init system and service manager. Key changes include the removal of System V service script support (long deprecated), a new systemd-mstack tool for OverlayFS management, a minimum kernel version bump from Linux 5.4 to 5.10, a new FANCY_NAME= field in os-release supporting ANSI/emoji sequences, systemd-networkd integration with ModemManager, per-service Transparent Huge Pages control via MemoryTHP=, SCHED_EXT scheduler support, systemd-portabled running as an unprivileged user service, and various Varlink expansions. Notably, AI agent documentation has been added to the repository to help AI tools better understand the codebase and contribution guidelines, with AI contributions requiring disclosure tags on patches. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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