and configure them to not make up any of their own

That’s the trillion dollar puzzle nobody has been able to solve yet. It’s not trivial at all, even when it seems like it should be.

Half of these don’t even handle logging

I see, you haven’t been to the phoronix forum in a while. Enjoy. Comments: systemd Saw A Record Number Of Commits In 2024

2024 was a great start with the release of Plasma 6, and the Pros of Wayland now generally outweighing the Cons.