List of articles critical of systemd

• EWONTFIX - Broken by design: systemd
• systemd: The Biggest Fallacies
• Debian Bug #762194 "Automatic switch to systemd on wheezy->jessie upgrades"
• "On the architecture of systemd, I have a legitimate concern with the scope..." article, plus infographic
• Erosion of Choice?
• systemd: harbinger of the linux apocalypse infoworld.com article
• Skarnet's (anti) systemd page
• preserve freedom of choice of init systems
• systemd: Please, No, Not Like This
• The bad side of systemd: two recent systemd failures
• There are several problems with systemd unrelated to code quality..."
• systemd is the best example of Suck (explained by suckless.org)
• Patrick's playground - systemd propaganda: It's a crap!
• Fast boot? in-the-wild discussion (workarounding slow OOTB systemd boot) "Performance tuning the boot process"
• systemd: Assumptions, Bullying, Consent
• Open letter to the Linux World
• an experience shared by software engineer on systemd
• systemd pitfalls (July 2017)
• systemd Or Poettering, Name Your Poison
• Combatting revisionist history
• another list of technical points explaining why systemd is bad
• Ts’o and Linus And The Impotent Rage Against systemd
• A realization that I recently came to while discussing the whole systemd controversy (by Theodore Ts'o)
• Systemd Forward Secure Sealing of System Logs Makes Little Sense
• journald and rsyslog
• What I don't like about journald / Linux Journal
• Why I dislike systemd
• Top 5 systemd troubles - a strategic view for distros
• systemd sucks (experience of galexander)
• Lamest Vendor Response 2017 #PwnieAwards goes to Lennart Poettering for systems f*ckups photo
• Structural and semantic deficiencies in the systemd architecture for real-world service management, a technical treatise
• systemd requiring CAP_SYS_ADMIN weakening container safety in coreOS/rkt
• Problems with systemd and Why I like BSD Init (by Randy Westlund)
• Debian Bug #668001 "debootstrap: cant install systemd instead of sysvinit" (2014 mailing list thread, 100+ msgs)
  
• non-English and multimedia presentations (external links)

Articles / HowTo / Tutorials instructing removal of systemd from affected distros

• How to Prevent systemd Installation guide for users of various affected distros
• The Manjaro Experiments
• Arch Linux, systemd-free comprehensive guide for an Arch/Arch-derivative systemd-free setup (and a 35sec proof-of-concept video demonstration)
• Using OpenRC on Arch / Archbang / Manjaro Linux
• An easy way to migrate Antergos (Openbox) from systemd to OpenRC
• How to remove systemd from a Debian Stretch installation
• How to remove systemd from a Debian jessie/sid installation
• How to remove systemd from an Ubuntu Xenial installation