Yes seen much vitriol towards Mr Pottering for systemd and pulseaudio - causing much division. Not very healthy.
Fact is as has been said there is distros that can be used with sysvinit - so if the conviction to only use a sysvinit system then there is distros to meet that need.
Don't have a problem with systemd - used Devuan for the longest time, but decided to switch to Debian and so far I don't regret it - Bullseye is running really well especially on this old Vaio VGN-FE15GP 32 bit laptop - pretty solid vanilla distro. Can't notice any performance difference with...
@Bartman yes this forum is the best I have been in no infighting, mud slinging like in other forums which distract from the purpose of helping people to get their systems running. The moderators deserve a huge thanks for keeping this forum running. Not an easy job at all. Having tutorials for...
Welcome aboard - yep many great choices Linux Lite mentioned earlier really good with its pop up menu at the start to guide you setting up. I have latest Debian running on this machine as I type. I will not fall into the trap of saying mine one is the best because there are many great choices...
I was very sorry to hear about the death of one of Australia's great cricketers Andrew Symonds after the loss of Shane Warne both died too young, Many great memories of their performances at test level.