I optimized mine for speed. I use i3, and while I have to manually install stuff like xfce4-clipman-plugin and volumeicon, and have to manage displays with aran

I optimized mine for speed. I use i3, and while I have to manually install stuff like xfce4-clipman-plugin and volumeicon, and have to manage displays with arandr, everything is snappy, even on my 8-year-old laptop. Every now and then I look at someone using a Windows computer, and I am flummoxed how people put up with the slow, sloppy and ad-ridden Start menu experience. You can't even type "shut down" to get the shut down option, instead it offers to search the App Store. In addition to the Store, there are Weather widgets, a MS account, and Cortana shoved up your throat, Alt+Tab cycling through Edge tabs, when you have Ctrl+Tab... ugh. I use dmenu, and all my apps are searchable and launchable instantly; no bullshit spinning circles while it phones home halfway across the globe.