The best starting point in my experience is https://regolith-desktop.com. You install it and get a noob-friendly, pre-configured unixporn desktop out of the box.

Once you start using it, the rest of the obscure programs referenced on /r/unixporn start making sense too.

It’s improved by leaps and bounds in the last few years! Definitely worth a second look imo

I’m using Mullvad on Silverblue right now, through NetworkManager. Just had to import the wireguard config file they provide. No extra app/package needed!

I find the GNOME workflow very intuitive and have grown really accustomed to it over the years. It’s minimal and gets out of the way, while at the same time everything I need is accessible on one keypress through the activities overview.

I don’t feel at home on any other desktop environment. Even on Ubuntu I revert everything to stock GNOME.

mint for the win

There’s a script for installing Photoshop with wine on Linux: https://github.com/Gictorbit/photoshopCClinux

it worked for me

My experience with Flatpaks has been so stable and hassle-free that it motivated me to switch to Fedora Silverblue.