KaOS Takes Final Init Step Away from System with Dinit RC ISO
7 hours ago
- #systemd-free
- #KaOS
- #Dinit
- KaOS released the Dinit 2026.06 RC ISO, moving away from systemd as the init system.
- The ISO uses Dinit, Turnstile, and seatd for system startup but still relies on systemd's udev and tmpfiles.
- Plasma 6 is no longer default; replaced by Niri and Noctalia-based Wayland desktop.
- systemd-boot replaced by Limine; mkinitcpio replaced by Dracut; SDDM replaced by greetd with tuigreet.
- Core system updates include Linux kernel 7.0, Dinit 022, Mesa 26.1.2, and other key packages.
- Limitations include no RAID support, XFS issues with BIOS installs, and Wayland requirements for VirtualBox.