Ok, that's kinda messed up.
The latest (and basically brand new) release of #mxlinux now comes with #systemd by default:

MX-25 "Infinity" was released on 9 November 2025 and was built on Debian 13 "trixie". [...] All releases are available with Systemd. The Xfce, Xfce-AHS, and Fluxbox releases are also available in sysVint variants.

—MX Linux Wikipedia page, emphasis added.

More and more of the #ShoveOffMitigation (see explanation) of non-systemd distros in effect

I don't even care much about systemd-init. It's just the wholesale terraforming of #userspace that's concerning. At this point, systemd is already a bigger part of "Linux" than #GNU is.

I'd like to coin a term: The Shove-Off Mitigation

Example:

CORPOROMUPPET: "At Big Corporate Distro, we've decided that supporting systems older than five years is not really within our wheelhouse, so from now on, CorpoLinux will only support the last five generations of Intel and AMD processors, and the last five years of ARM systems."
USERS: "But most of our computers are older than that! What are we supposed to do??"
CORPORMUPPET: "It's ok! We have outlined a migration path off of CorpoLinux onto Dave's Really Excellent Hax0r Distro! There are still plenty of options for you!"

#ShoveOff #ShoveOffMitigation