I'm not using unprivileged containers. They are root containers, and they are marked to auto-start when the machine boots.
I'm being aggressive because I'm really angry. I ditched windows for linux 25 years ago, because linux was really better. It was a joy to use. It reached an all-time peak around 2005, when one could install Ubuntu and everything just worked instantly and painlessly. Ever since then it has been a slow decay, getting less and less stable, harder to use and diagnose and keep running. I don't appreciate your saying that I "dug a hole for myself". You're the guys digging the holes. I am not the one who opened https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/13477 -- someone else did that three years ago. I am not the one who opened https://github.com/lxc/lxc/issues/4072 -- someone else did that a year ago. I'm just using search engines to figure out why this and other serious fundamental bugs halted a reboot. Stop blaming me for the mess. -- Linas