Please install Arch Linux + Enlightenment

Yes I am cutting out my PC, not any specific OS

I can’t realistically cut off my phone entirely but reduce the number of apps installed. I currently have only Firefox, Spotify, Proton Mail and Whatsapp which could distract me. Rest is utility apps like maps, calculator, messages etc.

I don’t recall saying anything about smartphone?

I sent you my obligatory upvote.

Use EndeavourOS and set up ZRAM. ZRAM should reduce RAM usage while not slowing down your PC.

People who don’t want to / can’t tinker, usually.

I had to choose an older version of Proton

Which in turn caused the performance problems. Fast shader compilation extensions are available only on Proton 8 and newer.

If only. Systemd is mature to the point it is the de facto init system and used by almost all distros. Wayland and its compositors are still in development.

I am just a regular user but on a smaller screen ie. 13 inch 1440x900 I just have a single maximized window visible even if I have multiple apps open like web browser because I can’t see anything if I have multiple windows.

I actually like Linux defaults as they are but don’t like Windows defaults, on Windows it feels too slow to me. I have 17.3 inch 1080p display.

Smooth touchpad scrolling on Firefox is a Wayland exclusive feature. I force Wayland for Firefox only for this feature.

Can you get away with old versions of Adoba suite? Latest versions typically don’t work but you may be able to get old versions running without dual boot by using Wine.

I read a post from Netflix tech blog explaining the selection of a thumbnail. A video has many thumbnails and Netflix picks one for you depending on the shows you watch and your country. From the new profile watch movies / series that are unrelated with romance and the thumbnails should hopefully change.

Yes. I dual-boot and need everything to be accessible from Windows so I gave Windows 400 GiB while Linux only 75 GiB. Without compression I would be out of disk space. I think I hold about 95-100 GiB of data in 70 GiB. Snapshots are to revert broken updates, not to setup fresh installations. If you use a rolling release distro, they become invaluable. You can boot into snapshots if an update goes sideways.

Doesn’t have a lot of features and at times is a UX disaster due to inclusions of Plasma Mobile components.

• There are 2 (3?) settings panels: System Settings (what we have on desktop) and another settings app from Plasma Mobile. Also at the bottom of the dashboard there is a “settings” section which configures individual settings like WiFi, Bluetooth, Wallpaper etc.
• On the top there are WiFi, Bluetooth and KDE Connect indicators. Activating WiFi and KDE Connect will open a configuration window which doesn’t have all its elements visible in its default size. You have to resize the window with mouse.
• Plasma has a “remote controllers” program which remaps game controller input to arrow keys, OK / back and Home. That program at times started using %100 of a core and required a kill & restart. Also you cannot map to Volume +/-. I used AntiMicroX to fully map my controller. (DualShock 3)
• Mouse does not auto hide.
• At least it can launch applications. Plasma BigScreen is basically skinned Plasma Desktop so with keybinds I could Alt-Tab between different applications, (IPTV Player, Firefox) return to dashboard and kill apps with keybinds. I even used Waydroid, it required some hacks but worked anyways.
• I didn’t use Mycroft. It is supposed to make BigScreen better but my usecase didn’t need it.

Asahi doesn’t have CPU frequency management and will drain battery in 3h iirc

I can see your image.

I doubt you can get 12h on an x86_64 computer, regardless of OS. With tweaks Linux can match Windows battery life but if you really need 12h get that M2 MacBook.

Hold shift and spacebar on boot (idk which one) and pick a different kernel.