Maybe an odd question, but any advice on making Linux more... 'comfortable'? Some part of me still feels a little alienated using it

Switching to Gnome and holy shit I think XFCE was a big part of it.

My hope was to be able to use my Framework 13 as my only computer - ease my files off my main machine onto it and eventually sell the old pc outright. Unfortunately, Linux aside, this thing isn't as powerful as my old machine. Which, y'know, makes sense comparing a tower with a GPU to a laptop.

I don't consider myself a gamer, but I play games occasionally and was hoping this thing could keep up with my modest gaming load. Unfortunately, my small sample of 3d games I tend to play with friends seemed to strain it. I considered getting an eGPU enclosure or upgrading the mainboard, but realistically I'm just being silly at that point. I have a perfectly fine tower, I'll probably just switch back to that and just keep the FW as a device for chilling on the couch or going out and about.

Maybe an odd question, but any advice on making Linux more... 'comfortable'? Some part of me still feels a little alienated using it

Finally got all the cables and shit to hook my Framework 13 up to my desk setup and try running it as my daily driver pc. As far as a computer it's not very different, but the real change is daily driving Debian w/ XFCE. We'll see how this experiment goes.

(The only issue I've had in the past is sometimes watching a longer youtube video, the whole fucking computer just restarts? Not sure what's up with that)

I feel like this past week I've been having a lot of thoughts of personal dissatisfaction with myself, between my almost complete lack of an irl social life, the parts of my personality I dislike, my output as a creative, etc.