[crazy_hombre]

> I like the init part, i could do without everything else.

Then, do exactly that? None of the components you're complaining about are mandatory (except for journald, but you can easily forward log messages to a regular syslog daemon).

[unionpivo]

I can only do that on devices/clients I control [1].

Often that's not an option and have to create workarounds on network level (for DNS).

Because I might not have a say on what device is running, but if it can't resolve internal systems its my problem.

DNSSEC is going to make my life even more interesting.