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systemd 259: last major release with SysV scripts

systemd v259 landed on 17 December 2025: experimental musl, persistent journald by default, nftables networking, and the last major line that still supports System V service scripts.

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systemd 259 was tagged on 17 December 2025 (GitHub release).

Coverage from Phoronix and LWN:

experimental musl libc support
journald persistent by default
networking pieces finish the move to nftables
TPM 1.2 support dropped (TPM 2.0 only)
last major version that still understands classic System V service scripts

Stable snapshots in the 259.x line continued through 2026 (for example v259.8 in July).

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