On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 15:02:07 +0800
Robert Storey <robert.storey@???> wrote:

> Hi everyone. It's been a little while since I last posted.
>
> Some of you might remember that I occasionally write reviews for
> DistroWatch. Not too often, because it's my policy to only write about a
> distro that I actually use (or would use) in everyday life. Ever since
> systemd starting contaminating Linux, the number of distros I consider
> usable has been drastically reduced.
>
> Until a few months ago I was using Ubuntu 14.04, but finally dropped it.
> The replacement was Manjaro OpenRC, which is pretty good but has a little
> systemd contamination from dbus or udev (not sure of the details). I wrote
> a DistroWatch of Manjaro-OpenRC which you can view here:
>
> http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20150601#manjaro
>
> As you might have guessed from the title of this thread, the next review I
> hope to write will be about AntiX. I just installed it yesterday and I'm
> using it right now. All things considered, it's very nice and functionally
> equivalent to Manjaro-OpenRC. The author of AntiX, Anticapitalista, says
> that there are no systemd libraries or systemd-shim in AntiX. The following
> command produces zero output:
>
> dpkg --get-selections | grep systemd
>
> So my big question here: in what ways will Devuan differ from AntiX? I'm
> guessing that vdev will be part of the answer, but surely there is more. I
> think that the DistroWatch readership will be interested, and any thoughts
> that you all have along these longs will be greatly appreciated. I will try
> to incorporate the best informed comments into the review, in the hopes of
> piquing interested in both Devuan and AntiX.
>
> Thank you all in advance,
> - Robert

I installed antiX on my wife's old machine about five weeks ago.  Though I obtain the same results as you when using your dpkg command, I get different results when I simply run locate systemd.  You might want to try that before writing your review.
    RPTN