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Fedora Project Releases Fedora 24 Beta; Stable Version Comes Next Month (betanews.com)
A month ahead of its final release, Fedora Project on Tuesday released Fedora 24 beta for users and enthusiasts to try. An anonymous reader writes: The workstation version -- the one most home users will target -- offers GNOME 3.20 preview as a desktop environment. The GNOME environment has improved leaps and bounds over the years, becoming one of the best UIs of any operating system. Wayland is available as preview, but not default. The display server protocol is still poised to replace X, but it will not yet be ready for Fedora 24. The team explains that it should be ready for 'future versions'. Whether that means version 25 is something that remains to be seen."We're pleased to announce that Fedora 24, the latest version of the Fedora operating system, is now available in beta. The Fedora Project is a global community that works together to lead the advancement of free and open source software. As part of the community's mission the project delivers three editions, each one a free, Linux-based operating system tailored to meet specific use cases: Fedora 24 Cloud Beta, Fedora 24 Server Beta, and Fedora 24 Workstation Beta," said Matthew Miller, Fedora Project Leader.
You're a vocal minority that is shrinking. I know several Linux admins who have changed their minds about systemd once they started writing scripts for it.
Ubuntu, RHEL/CentOS, Fedora, Debian, openSUSE, Arch, and Mint all default to systemd, are planning to, or have it as the only option in the most recent versions. Gentoo maintains it as an option. Among major distros (for various definitions of "major") only Slackware seems not to have moved yet. One could call Amazon Linux AMI a major distro given its relatively widespread use, but IIRC it's based on RHEL6, so the next version could easily use systemd.
That list will grow as other software starts using systemd by default instead of an option. You can continue resisting systemd, but it will require a great deal of ongoing work to do so.
You can never go home again... but I guess you can shop there.
"one of the best UIs"
Yeah... that's why the first thing I do on my Fedora and RHEL installs is switch to Cinnamon. Yes, it is/was Gnome-based. But with all the crack-addled BS fixed, and everything that should work just does. No need to install a bunch of shell extension to get semi-sane behavior from a desktop.
Look into Budgie instead. Cinnamon is unsustainable. The Mint folks rarely make commits to it, mostly because they lack the expertise. Budgie is a more realistic alternative to GNOME with longer term ambitions. Its very usable right now also.