flakusha

Dynamic languages are good for prototyping, especially if a lot of libraries available

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Gnome and productivity laughs in sway

No offence, gnome is great, but there are many inconsistencies on the lover level, I wish it was figured out once and for all. It applies to big DEs like KDE and etc too.

In fact it would help game development as much as "similar" approach helps the web grow the way you don't need to reinvent the wheel every time. Although you can.

It's easy to change display manager (except the case of keeping multiple of them to test out, if they are big and complex, like Gnome and KDE - there are conflicts). Some distros may have worse support for specific display managers, but I cannot say as my experience was relatively smooth for Debian, Manjaro, Arch, Endeavour and Artix. In Ubuntu I had some issues, but I could live with them for a time being because I couldn't change the workplace OS.

But for init system it's usually PITA. Many packages, including critical for system operation may have dependency on systemd, for example. In case of Artix Linux there are separate versions of packages for each init system that's supported, if package has dependency on the init system.

Not only package manager - init system, wiki, display manager, community support, package freshness vs stability also play their role. There are many other points that are important too.

Also can be last cash grab before leaving with a golden parachute, as industry doesn't feel healthy

I would recommend EndeavorOS too, easy to install, sane config, nearly pure Arch.

Testing out Artix right now - I wanted to try out lightweight init system.

Still requires 3rd party account and separate launcher, am I right?

I wish they had 10 inch option. Something like GPD Win Max 2, but without gaming features

By "weird" hardware you mean proprietary modules like fingerprint scanner, gyroscope and etc?

There are no C/D/... drives in Linux. Steam and Lutris create their own environment ("bottle", right?) for every game. I think by using Lutris you will get the most user friendly approach.