Comment by CoolCold

> Yes, but not using those seems to defeat the point of using systemd.

I don't see how it defeats the point - it still nice init / services manager, it still provide features say sysvinit couldn't do at all for my _services_ and management/lifecycle of services.

How often I tackle with resolved or networkd or timesyncd - not even sure, may be once a 2-3 months, while systemd-as-service-manager I do almost every day.

Mind providing some example on your setup/cases?