>>28>>25My point was that there is more to a distribution than just the init system and whatever the hell else systemd encompasses. There are startups out there with ultra-minimal, optimized Exherbo servers. And while Exherbo may support runit + sinit/sysvinit/s6-linux-init + openrc/s6, it supports systemd the most simply because it's the most well-supported, mutually-liked, economical of all the options. Conversely, you could never deploy Gentoo on desktop because, even with binhost, it would be blatantly inefficient, nor would the Gentoo Project support you in the same way that Redhat would. The distinctions between the init systems and the lumps and discrepancies that exist for scripting with each one of them is of no practical value--it means more work, which isn't a reflection of skill, as you seem to be implying but just another vector for failure.