I know I’m not the only one that said this but I really can’t stand how systemd is becoming “the norm” init system for every major distro, this is bad.
it is especially bad when certain apps are built specifically for systemd, locking users behind a specific init system and compatibility issues spark because you don’t use a mainstream one , this doesn’t go with the idea of Linux, which is having “freedom” with your os, picking and choosing what goes on and off while still being usable.
I switched to artix Linux with openRC a while ago the moment systemd added code for potential age verification, they called it malicious compliance but I really didn’t like the smell of that, now I’m fighting tooth and nail with some applications because they’re systemd dependent, resulting in me creating custom scripts to mitigate their issues.
There are some things that can be described as philosophy of Linux (e.g. “don’t break userspace”, “I only care about the code”), but the idea that “Linux is about [freedom|choice|privacy|openness]” is entirely mythological. It’s just a neat free software operating system kernel that has been used to build operating systems, many of which are free software.
Of course, Linux is “too fragmented” because there isn’t a standard “linux desktop environment” (or package manager, or shell, etc) unless it’s systemd in which case it’s “about choice” and we need “init freedom.”