[nona]

I've seen quite a bit of systemd-free embedded distributions (like OpenWrt et al).

But I'd like to see more general-purpose embedded-focused distribution with systemd. The only ones I know about are the special-purpose LibreELEC/Jelos/Rocknix/Lakka variants.

It'd be nice to see such a distribution, but with proper package management. I was hoping https://distr1.org/ would become this, but it seems like it's been more or less abandoned.

[znpy]

Not an embedded linux guy, but from what I hear yocto is the kinda default option for embedded linux nowadays.

From what i read at https://docs.yoctoproject.org/dev-manual/init-manager.html (quick google search) you should be able to configure it to use any of sysvinit, busybox init or systemd.