I’ll admit I have used Artix, Peppermint OS (Devuan), and Void Linux because I thought the idea of a SystemDless distro sounded cool. It wasn’t because I had a problem with SystemD. It’s more so that I love that numerous options exist for different system components. For me it’s sad to see that certain features or applications require SystemD be present. I like SystemD, just to be clear. I also like the freedom to choose. Maybe, i’m missing something. What do y’all think? What do you use and why? If you use OpenRC or something, why? I’m guessing most people use SystemD and don’t give it any thought which is fair.
Talos Linux is an interesting Kuberntes focused Linux distro that has an extremely minimal init system, with only the components needed to launch Kubernetes.
https://docs.siderolabs.com/talos/v1.13/learn-more/components#machined
The idea is that, since Kubernetes can manage services and do basically everything Systemd often does on modern systems, you just have Kubernetes do it instead.