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To be precise: Gentoo allows one to run with or without systemd, and both ways are supported.

What is the default at the moment?

OpenRC: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Comparison_of_init_systems

To be clear, you choose at install time. There is no official installer (on purpose), so the user either decides to turn to page x for OpenRC or page y for systemd.

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