Re: ...Meanwhile, the Linux world has a profusion of rival distros, desktops, and packaging formats
As an example:
and a single global menu bar at the top of the screen.
Is a show stopper for me. It looks theoretically an excellent solution, but for me it just something I can't get on with. Yet lots of people seem to like that approach.
Perhaps there's a market for a Linux/BSD desktop which does all the setup via questions on installation? But wait... perhaps too many choices.
I like the idea, in principle, but I guess I'll stick with Mint/Cinnamon for now.