There is no plan to diverge from upstream's default in Ubuntu. https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/journald.conf.html
While 4GB sounds big it is fairly efficient to add new entries and also to search for older ones. ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1785503 Title: systemd journal too large Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: The directory size limits for systemd journal files are much too large. The rules woud work for a small[ish] partition dedicated to /var/log but when (as is usual) /var/log is on the main systm partition the size limits are too big. For example I have a system where the main disk is 1000Gb, /var/log is on this disk. Thus the 10% limit for /var/log/journal would be 100Gb, the 4Gb absolute limit is therefore used but this is still far too big in my opinion. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1785503/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp