systemd is a distro. I imagine it would have been a heck of a lot less controversial if it had been upfront about that, instead of stealthing into other distros

systemd is a distro. I imagine it would have been a heck of a lot less controversial if it had been upfront about that, instead of stealthing into other distros as an 'init system' and then consuming them from the inside like a chestburster from Alien (1979)