If we are going full modern, why not create a Systemd unit? ( https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/syst... ) if you need more info. If you didn't know this: /etc/fstab is not used directly after the pivot. Systemd parses it, creates units for every record in it, and that's what gets executed in reality. I can't imagine why would you want a swap file before pivot.
This single comment of yours has in my eyes made your entire post worthless.
SystemD has single-handedly consolidated and streamlined Linux administration. I think valid criticism is useful, but calling it malware is a non-sequitur.
If you are going to make recommendations and promote them to a wide community (linux users) that is predominantly using something that you do not consider advisable for that recommendation (systemd) then it might be good to mention that.
Systemd is probably on 80%+ linux systems that people interact with, and 95%+ that people manually configure.
