[anxiously]

I have a similar setup as I mentioned in another comment.

I wouldn't say it is limited or not fully featured. It does everything one needs. There's nothing missing, rather it lacks the bloat. It begins with a basic system and you build up the things you need and want on top of it (versus starting with a bloated system and trying to remove things you don't need or want).

Why do I prefer the minimal setup? In my mind, stability. I have used the same setup and mostly the same configuration for ~16 years. At times my machine has had an uptime of 700+ days before a reboot.

I like things that "just work" and continue to work, forever (preferably). More moving parts means more potential breakage. Keep it stupid simple and to the point.

[CoolCold]

One's needs are much different from other one's needs.

Not blaming your setup is bad for your needs, but I'm pessimistic on ideals of 700 days uptime and not changing things for 16 years. Sign of stagnation for me.

My needs includes being able to cast my screen to TV or play music via AirPlay or chat in Slack/Mattermost or run some ML/Cuda stuff or tell (by voice) my laptop (Cortana actually) to set alarm for 5 minutes or...

I'm not sure I could do all that with setup of the sort you have.

[anthk]

>cast

Just use HDMI.

> Music

VLC has Chromecast support, and maybe Airplay.

> Slack

Bitlbee has plugins for everything. Just plug your fav IRC client.