Even my proxmox web interface lasts deeper into a reboot than sshd. It boots you immediately while you can watch the vms shut down for the next 3 minutes in the browser.
I rebooted a machine that had an Nvidia driver crash. It didn't finish the reboot, but it did seem to stop sshd so I can't get in until I get home and have physical access. I had a ping running so I could watch, it never dropped. 🫠
Lesson here: put your experimental boxes on a WiFi plug and set them to boot on AC restoration.
I tried to install cachyos this weekend. Immediately broken due to rdseed problem with sddm. Turns out the year of the Linux desktop is a lot like the year of the Linux desktop.
Or the hours to learn what fits in that form factor. You could duplicate someone else's build I guess, but you can't change much without having to learn if it'll fit.
Privatize the profits, socialize the costs