I admit I'm an edge case, but last year I installed Slackware on my main desktop specifically to escape the clutches of systemd, and by god it feels great to have a working /etc/rc.d again!

I do use containerised solutions for a few things (e.g. conty[0] for Steam, and a couple of rocm containers for messing with ML things).

KDE is the default desktop and does everything I need. I haven't used gnome for a decade anyhow.

0: https://github.com/Kron4ek/Conty/