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If you're losing software and are no longer gaming, much of complicated driver compatibility issues from peripherals like GPUs won't matter to you.
FreeBSD is the *nix OS which is stable like Debian but doesn't use Systemd ~~like~~, similar to distributions like Gentoo/Antix/Slackware
Systemd is not inherit to Linux. There are loads of distros out there that dont use it. I reluctantly use it but would still remain on Linux if I wanted to drop it
Most linux distributions have adopted Systemd. My distaste grew as even Arch and Debian opted to use it. I do not like using it out of principle. Of course, I realise that there are distributions that do not use Systemd, but I have yet to come across a system meant for stability (similar to how Debian is perceived in the linux world but with Systemd) without Systemd. Slackware comes close, but having to use an unofficial package manager doesn't seem great when things break.
Void linux?
You can use other init systems on Gentoo, like OpenRC. You can also use other distros like Void(which uses Runit as PID 1), or Artix, which can use OpenRC, Runit, s6 and dinit. Most of those are much better option than systemd, however, you can have compatibility issues with some packages that relay on systemd.
By "like", I meant "akin to". I mentioned those distributions because they don't use Systemd
Oh, okay, I misunderstood you.
I plan to use simple services like a hypervisor, rsync, ZFS, and NFS/Samba. This is for a NAS