Fedora 15 is out. Get it while it is hot! It is probably the biggest distribution release of a all time with being first in shipping both GNOME 3 and systemd.

Since this is the first distribution release based on systemd, it might be interesting to read up on what it is all about. Here's a little compilation of the available documentation for systemd.

The Manual Pages

systemd(1), covering general concepts of systemd.

systemctl(1), covering the client control utility of systemd.

systemd-cgls(1), on a tool to show the systemd cgroup tree.

systemd.unit(5), systemd.exec(5), systemd.service(5), systemd.socket(5), systemd.target(5), systemd.timer(5), systemd.swap(5), systemd.snapshot(5), systemd.path(5), systemd.mount(5), systemd.device(5), systemd.automount(5), for writing systemd unit files.

systemd-nspawn(1), on a tool for running simple containers.

systemd-notify(1), on a tool for sending notifications to systemd.

systemd.special(5), with a list of systemd's special units.

daemon(7), on writing daemons.

pam_systemd(8), on configuring user session settings.

sd-daemon(7), sd_listen_fds(3), sd_notify(3), sd_is_fifo(3), sd_booted(3), sd-readahead(7), sd_readahead(3), covering the systemd API.

systemd-ask-password(1), describing a tool for querying system passwords.

systemd-tmpfiles(8), describing a tool for creating, deleting and cleaning up volatile and temporary files and directories.

systemd.conf(5), describing the systemd main configuration file.

binfmt.d(5), hostname(5), locale.conf(5), machine-id(5), machine-info(5), modules-load.d(5), os-release(5), sysctl.d, tmpfiles.d(5), vconsole.conf(5), for the configuration files systemd standardizes.

halt(8), runlevel(8), shutdown(8), telinit(8), covering the SysV compatibility tools.

Here's the full list of all man pages.

The Blog Stories

Some of the systemd for Administrators blog posts are available in Russian language, too.

Other Documentation

Tips & Tricks

Frequently Asked Questions

Interface Stability Promise, covering what you need to know when developing against systemd interfaces.

Writing Password Agents, in case you want to add a systemd compatible password agent to the desktop of your preference.

On hostnamed, in case you want to add hostname changing UIs to your favourite desktop environment.

Fedora Documentation

In The Press

Other Distributions' Documentation