IMHO systemd tries to go above the requirements of an init system and behave more like an abstraction layer to the OS, in the same way Linux is an abstraction layer to the hardware. Would we be better with a micro kernel, instead of the Linux beast? Maybe, but we do all use it and it is mostly a standard nowadays. Same for systemd. Could it be simpler? Sure! But having a standard abstraction layer at user level for all distros is excellent for an app developer. And, AFAIK, it should be possible, albeit less verified, to disable most features and use alternative implementations.

This helped

sudo apt modernize-sources

We’re all waiting to hear about what Linus decided regarding bcachefs, aren’t we?

Steam Deck 2 confirmed!

(Joking, it’s not)

It’s been working for me.