[eliaspro]

I wonder why netplan instead of straight-up systemd-networkd?

To avoid the usual "systemd takes away all my toys" shitstorm? Does systemd-networkd fundamentally lack anything which netplan doesn't?

[rwh86]

"Server users now have their network devices managed via systemd-networkd on new installs. This only applies to new installations."

[Tuna-Fish]

networkd is really designed more for server users, on a laptop that connects through wlan you want NetworkManager instead. Netplan is designed to be a single frontend to whichever of the two you are using.