Systemd makes perfect sense for Debian, its a stable OS and systemd is objectively stable (its also more usable and easier, additionally its what every other distro uses and has the most support)
Debian is an OS for everyone that anyone can install
I would consider easier to be an OS that just supports standard scripts and doesn’t require manually adding files to make sure that it installs properly
Debian
Enough said.
Debian on my production servers, Arch Linux as my daily driver, Linux Mint on the devices I manage for normies.
Fedora on my servers, fedora as my daily driver, fedora on the devices I manage for normies.
fedora for when I want to hit print and see my networked printer automatically
Debian is my daily driver and for regular people I help. Comes with a service card saying “it will work and you will like it”.
I help for free. If someone does not like it, they can pay to have what they want done. But they don’t get to ask for help again.
same
Devuan seems more pure Debian.
Debian took a turn from a bad vote, and kept the name, while being a different thing.
Systemd makes perfect sense for Debian, its a stable OS and systemd is objectively stable (its also more usable and easier, additionally its what every other distro uses and has the most support)
Debian is an OS for everyone that anyone can install
Nope.
https://sysdfree.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/363/
https://distrowatch.com/search.php?defaultinit=Not+systemd (424 results btw).
also
more stable than sysvinit (or runit or openrc or other init systems)?
not in my experience.
not in my experience.
I would consider easier to be an OS that just supports standard scripts and doesn’t require manually adding files to make sure that it installs properly
This seems circular and spurious…
… Or maybe I’m not getting some allusion you’re making…? Can you elaborate on that?