linux distributions generally don’t develop ‘their’ ui and all distributions worth using generally provide a large number of compositors, wms, or des to choose from.

essentially you just need to find a reasonable linux distribution based on repositories and package managers and set up the ui elements as you like. sddm and plasma are a reasonable starting point

while some people claim that arch is more difficult to use or requires additional troubleshooting, it is really very similar to the vast majority of other distros, especially if youre looking into in-depth customization of the desktop. arch and fedora have excellent package managers and expansive repositories. opensuse and ubuntu are also fine.

NeoVim

or even a raspberry pi 4

A device that can’t run a normal desktop environment/compositor/wm just isn’t worth keeping, if it can’t run plasma, it can’t run a browser or anything useful either (and you can get a 10 year old laptop/office pc basically for free).

Ubuntu LTS base is not suited for desktop use. Being lightweight also just seems completely unnecessary as a ‘Windows 10 replacement’ OS. Just use Fedora or Arch.

arch or fedora if it’s x86-64

if youre fine with relying on proprietary software you might as well just run it in a windows 11 ltsc iot enterprise vm

ThinkPad x1 yoga

I feel like it’s a very important message. You should spread it too.

you shouldn’t support proprietary software

all reasonably popular engines are cross platform

no, it doesn’t

its really bad compared to real tiling

no, the point of Window managers is not to be minimalistic

anyrun

please just use spaces, it makes everything easier

Arch, void, fedora, parabola are pretty good

no, modal text editors are just nicer to use

It’s extremely easy to get started

stop using nano, if you want a non modal editor use vim -y