KDE's decision to move toward only supporting systemD systems is a real loss and saddens me. KDE has been my favorite DE for years. I guess all good things come to an end, though.
No, Plasma Login Manager relies on systemd. SDDM and any other login manager doesn't. You can still use KDE.
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They’re not. This is one new and entirely optional login manager. Nothing that is already available is changing