[fb03]

I guess you sabotaged your own point with the answer. If it takes a full weekend to just have my DE look like what I feel is needed, that's a lot of time wasted that you could be doing useful work or even gaming, in that sense, idk. But to each their own.

I was a ricer before in my heydays of Linux, but now, after 25 years, I just use whatever comes by default with Xubuntu (XFCE) and a Macbook

[bigyabai]

It's not much time at all, nor is it wasted if you actually intend to stay on Linux.

My NixOS config was a much larger investment - that took a few weeks to debug. But I've used it for more than 4 years now, and it's been more stable than any other OS I've used. If you're not building it for satisfaction or /r/unixporn then you can afford to accommodate your creature comforts.