[kd913]

Im having a lot of success with various aspects systemd. I have happily replaced grub with systemd-boot. It makes my life easier with switching OSes, configuration is simpler, boot times are much quicker and it doesn't load practically another OS at boot time. That and it enables much better boot time information and access to UEFI firmware.

Then there is systemd-networking. So much easier, simpler to configure than netplan.io and network manager. Again, lots of information presented through journalctl and I never have to deal with networking issues.

I have systemd-analyze which gives me a clear picture of boot times and security issues. From my perspective, these kinds of things are a step above what existed before.