KaOS Linux 2026.03 Is Out with Linux 6.19, More systemd Components Removed

submitted by cm0002 to linux 12 points | 1 comments https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-2026-03-is-out-with-linux-6-19-more-systemd-components-removed > KaOS Linux 2026.03 has been released today as the ISO snapshot for March 2026 of this independent Linux distro using Arch Linux’s pacman package manager. > > Last month, when KaOS Linux 2026.02 was released, we reported that the distribution had dropped its KDE/Plasma desktop environment, after more than 12 years using it as the default, in favor of a Niri/Noctalia setup to avoid any use the systemd init system and move to Dinit instead. > > Now, the KaOS Linux 2026.03 release is here to strip more systemd-related components from the distribution in an attempt to become a systemd-free distro. As such, the devs removed the systemd-boot bootloader component, along with mkinitcpio, which was replaced with Dracut for initramfs creation.