On 19/12/15 12:02, Rowland Penny wrote:
>
> Look, you troll, If you 'apt-get remove systemd' on debian, it will
> remove Gnome or Mate, I know I tried. Anything that does this, is
> *BAD* in my books.

You're doing it wrong.

http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/How_to_remove_systemd_from_a_Debian_jessie/sid_installation

Hint: you need to install systemd-shim.