>> How can I reliable see what file systems are supposed to be mounted at boot?
I still use fstab for this.
>> Sure, it wasn't super consistent but you used the same tools as you always used to.
You can still use most of the same tools. I use tail,grep,awk like I used to, but I like the fact that with systemd I get a system configuration layer (which includes the init system) rather than having different tools in each distro.
Do you prefer the old init system because it is something you are used to (and do not want to change) or do you have specific instances where systemd is broken for you ?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36799776 https://github.com/bartobri/no-more-secrets