Post #600220
2026-03-09 08:18 UTC
6️⃣ Here's the 6th post highlighting key new features of the upcoming v260 release of systemd. #systemd260 #systemd
One of the now-standard files that systemd introduces is the /usr/lib/os-release file. It contains various fields with meta information on the OS and the OS image your system is running.
One of the fields in there is PRETTY_NAME= which contains the primary name of the OS for human consumption. It's a bit limited in some ways however. Given this is written…
Replies (1)
-
@pid_eins@mastodon.social 2026-03-09 08:51
…quite often to the classic Linux console (which has very limited Unicode capabilities) it's not really a good idea to put fancy Unicode characters in it. Also, even though it's often shown in terminals, you cannot use ANSI sequences in it. With v260 we added a new field to it: FANCY_NAME= – which is just like PRETTY_NAME= and is supposed to be used on modern terminals where Unicode + ANSI sequences are not an issue. The various systemd tools now prefer it over PRETTY_NAME= when they…