At this point I'm kind of leaning toward the opposite: if it was easy to install a bunch of tiny distros alongside each other that each do one thing and do it w

At this point I'm kind of leaning toward the opposite: if it was easy to install a bunch of tiny distros alongside each other that each do one thing and do it well, I'd be down to switch over to that. Being able to fire up a dedicated "mode" for programming v. music composition/production v. general leisure (and being able to quickly switch modes without losing state) would be awesome both from an "I want to make sure the software I need runs in as optimal an environment as possible" standpoint and an "I want to be explicitly in a programming/music/leisure headspace right now and don't want distractions" standpoint. Distrobox is on my to-do list to try out and see if I can hack something together to scratch that itch. This BlendOS might be another option.