I mean the person I'm responding to seems to want a traditional Unix experience given how they're talking (and given they use suckless software). Linux generally isn't that, and it never really has been (or at least hasn't for many years). If you want something more traditional, there are a bunch of available options like the BSDs. If you insist on using Linux, you can use distros that don't use Wayland, systemd, flatpak, etc., but the support for them is lower, and if you need to use something that isn't packaged for example you'll need to deal with getting it working with e.g. systemd on your own. A bunch of software makes assumptions that stuff like systemd is now included if you use Linux. I'm currently using a distro without systemd and am seriously considering swapping back to my old one because it's such a hassle.