Newbie question: how can I tell if my system is using grub or systemd-boot?
One way is to check with efibootmgr.
An example for an efi boot entry for systemd-boot:
Boot0004* Linux Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,95e34155-35a8-4887-93d8d4a6d7474b75,0x800,0x400000)/File(\EFI\systemd\systemd-bootx64.efi)
An example for an efi boot entry for grub:
Boot0001* archlinux HD(1,GPT,95e34155-35a8-4887-93d8-d4a6d7474b75,0x800,0x400000)/File(\EFI\archlinux\grubx64.efi)
Also, you could check where your ESP is mounted: lsblk -f
In EnOS the mountpoint for systemd-boot is /efi and for grub /boot/efi.
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As a low-power user, is this something I should be concerned with?
Is systemd-boot in a state where I can do dumb stuff and fall back on scheduled backups that I haven’t touched in years, like in grub?
I am sure there is a terminal command, but when you boot it should be obvious. I think grub says grub while loading. The little bit I have seen systemd-boot, it looked a bit more modern.
No idea, sorry. I only backup the majority of my /home. If I have a system problem I try to fix it with arch-chroot.