I'm neutral on systemd, just give me something that works and I'll be ok with it. Anyway, if you're after a distro that doesn't use systemd and is a joy to use

I'm neutral on systemd, just give me something that works and I'll be ok with it. Anyway, if you're after a distro that doesn't use systemd and is a joy to use and tinker with, take a look at Alpine [0]. It is a lot more compact and faster compared to other distros for using Musl instead of Glibc, which means you may find software that has not been ported yet, however so far I've installed it also on mini PCs and laptops with great results. 0: https://alpinelinux.org/ https://alpinelinux.org/