@jmaris@eupolicy.social @thechildofroth@mastodon.world @kde@floss.social Debatably, Alpine works for a rather specific use-case and isn't primarily intended as a desktop user-facing distro (it certainly can still be used as one). There are some distros that purposely do not tie in too deeply/strongly with systemd to permit replacement without considerable disruption, as well as those that specifically do not use it. The experience with the latter may be degraded due to less maintenance contributors available/involved, depending on what they based themselves on. As for building alternatives, that's a lot more effort (and delay) than distro users generally want to go through.