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The article you linked is really nifty! Are there any distros that are using all or nearly all of the features that systemd provides?
Yes, I wrote the article as a collections of thoughts and links of what I've learn about systemd over the years. The reality is that when Debian moved to systemd I wasn't that happy but after learning all it can do and the way it works I see it was the best move.
In Gentoo we can enable or disable most features via USE flag: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/sys-apps/systemd
This enables the user to select how much (or little) of systemd is used on their system. It's also one of the few distros that enables you to switch init systems on a running system if you really want to.