> the bare minimum that typical end users need to know to stop systemd from breaking use cases that have worked for years? That is bound to be a losing strateg

> the bare minimum that typical end users need to know to stop systemd from breaking use cases that have worked for years? That is bound to be a losing strategy. Systemd development (of breaking changes) is not stopping anytime soon. The simplest solution is to switch to an OS without systemd, like Devuan or Alpine or BSD.