Using LTS distros can shield you a bit. Slackware uses lzma (tar.xz) for it's packages I think, and beside of -current, the last stable release didn't have that

Using LTS distros can shield you a bit. Slackware uses lzma (tar.xz) for it's packages I think, and beside of -current, the last stable release didn't have that issue. Also, if you want a step up on the freedom ladder, Hyperbola GNU neither had that issue. EDIT: Also, Slackware -current neither doesn't link sshd against xz, nor uses systemd.