I completely agree about the importance of defaults. I’ve always believed in the phrase: “It’s the defaults, stupid.” In my experience, 90% of users just stick

I completely agree about the importance of defaults. I’ve always believed in the phrase: “It’s the defaults, stupid.” In my experience, 90% of users just stick with whatever defaults they’re given, while the other 10% are the power users who customize things. This explains why you see poorly designed defaults like the Windows 10 taskbar, where the search bar takes up about 33~50% of the space by default: https://www.isumsoft.com/images/backup-recovery/install-windows-10-on-new-ssd/windows-10-installed.png https://www.isumsoft.com/images/backup-recovery/install-wind... Another thing I think Linux distros should focus on—and I know some already do—is renaming default apps to be more intuitive. For example, instead of calling it “Caja” (or is it “Kaja”?), just call it File Manager (Caja) so new users know what it is. As for including an Office Suite during installation, why not? At the very least, make it a pre-selected option that’s easy to deselect if someone doesn’t want it.