I hope I can inspire some people. I got inspired by "Debian-Z" on GitHub.
- Window Manager: i3 (Cinnamon as failsafe)
- Polybar
- Picom (compositor for blur and stuff)
- Terminal: Ghostty
- Music Player: MPD + RMPC
- File Managers: Yazi + Double Commander
- Rofi (Launcher + Bookmark Menu)
- Bookmark backend: Buku + custom bash script
With the last upgrade, I didn't touch it for 2+ months till today outside of remoting to it via RustDesk to add content to my jellyfin server.
It's stable, and it works. I set up a reverse proxy on it, and it runs my file server and such. It has 4gb of ram in it and runs without hiccup for me. On my usual laptop, I use Lutris to run Windows games like The Sims, Stardew Valley, and such, and everything runs fine. Low maintenance, familiar GUI if you are used to things like Windows 7, and overall no regrets.
Also, the software manager is decent compared to Pop OS! which I didn't care for its