Hello everyone. This is my first post so please correct me if I format incorrectly or speak out of line. As a relatively new user to Linux (daily driver since '21), I'm curious about something: Is having a distribution based on another distribution, à la Devuan/Debian, a positive in regards to independence? Will a decision made by Debian forcefully change Devuan? I love Devuan so far (I put it on a home server, I'm considering switching from Artix) and am a big fan of runit. I like that Debian has such a huge package list and that Devuan can mostly take advantage of that. But I don't like Debian's use of SystemD and the arguably hostile stance it has taken on non-technical subjects (need I explain?). Or am I thinking of this all wrong?

Thanks for reading and taking the time to respond.