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This is a bloody brilliant summary. Well done!

MySpace was a big thing while I was in College, which I didn't start until I was 30 (well, 29). I couldn't figure out what the big deal was. You got a hideous web page, whoopdie-doo.

None of the "big" social media has ever much appealed to me. I was on Facebook for a while, and I'll admit it was kinda nice to see how people I went to high school with were doing, but I just never cared that much.

I'm kinda stuck with it because of a group chat my friends have, otherwise I'd never bother.

I hate Gen Z

Dude. I have a group that only talks on Facebook Messenger. It's 100% Gen X and Millennials. Don't blame the generation, it just makes you sound like an old man yelling "get off my lawn".

Well, if you're going to step out of your comfort zone, then I suggest one of two paths, depending on the sort of person you are:

1. If you're a wade in slowly and learn to swim as you go sort, then Fedora or OpenSuse Tumbleweed would be your next logical choice. They're not overly difficult, but they also don't exactly have training wheels. They both have different, but still fairly friendly, installers, and they both have their own toolsets and ways of doing things. I prefer Fedora and the Gnome desktop.
2. If you'd rather jump into the deep end, then Arch might be interesting for you. Arch comes with some warnings though. You need to be willing to read man pages, search the wiki, and do a forum search before asking Arch users for help. They're a great bunch, really, but they get salty if you haven't really tried to solve issues on your own. Also, archinstaller makes setting up your system a lot easier than it used to be, but it might be worth it to set things up "The Arch Way" the first time. You'll learn a lot.

Or, if you're a complete crazy-pants like I was when I first started getting into FOSS operating systems, you'll set up a FreeBSD desktop. Don't... don't be like me.

did i explain well?

Yes, thank you!

I personally love the feature set of Gnome, but I can see your point. Compared to other DEs, it might seem like a lot of wasted space. And I guess in a way it is, but I don't miss those other functions.

The top right corner doesn't even need a click to go to overview, which brings up my desktop view and the app launcher - that's the bottom left and bottom right functions you described in one place, which makes sense to me since in my head they're related.

The top right is still close maximized windows, but because of the way the Gnome workflow is structured, I don't really use minimize basically ever, so I don't miss it. Also in the upper right we have volume control and battery feedback.

I never have more virtual desktops than I'm actually using. Everything is exactly where I expect it to be. My brain is wired for the Gnome workflow, and extra options justbatent needed.

I've used Dolphin's terminal in file manager thing, and while I can see the utility, I prefer my right-click -> open in Console setup. That's just me, though.

Eh. It takes all kinds to make the world go round, I guess. FTR, I am a huge fan of the KDE project. Their contributions to the Linux world are massive and cannot be overstated. Krita alone is amazing, and I used calligre as my main office software for a few years.

I'm just not a Plasma guy. ¯_ (ツ) _/¯

Yes. That's exactly what his definition means.

I can kinda appreciate what he's trying to say, but I think "default" might be a better word than "native", but I'm not an expert.

Yup, although I don't currently. It's my preference, but not a strong one. I'm 48 and American.

I don't really have a good reasofor preferring it. I guess I just feel more involved and in control. Fun story, I didn't learn to drive a manual until I was in my mid thirties.

I don't feel like we're being fair to axe murderers, here.

So Thomas's law clerks don't know what ethics are?

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Is anyone really surprised by that?

Really? I'm not a tiling WM kinda guy, but I thought Forge was decent.

I mean, almost. I can pull it off on my desktop, but I can't get the touchpad/touchscreen gestures to work right on my laptop.

Kinda looking forward to Plasma 6 to play around with, though. Might even be enough to get me to switch for a while!

I had to look up Fitts's law, and I'm not sure I get it. Could you explain what you mean?

ETA: I kinda feel like mine was about KDE not being a fit for me personally, and yours was a slam on Gnome rather than a statement of personal preference.