> What appeals to me about linux is the hackability and configurability.

Innovation happens on stable foundations, not thru rug pulls.

Yes, you have the freedom to make your system unbootable. When Debian first tried to introduce systemd, I've replaced PID 1 with runit, wrote my own init scripts & service definitions, and it ran like this quite well, until... the next stable release smashed me in the face.

It's absurd how hackable the Linux distros are. It's also absurd to do this to your workhorse setup.