1. Easier installation.
2. Mint configuration of desktop settings
3. Mint tools (Warpinator, Hypnotix)

So OP’s headline should be saying instead: Reminder to CHECK your ~/.cache folder every now and then

I always felt that there should be some user directory like /tmp/ which will be wiped regularly.

Can the Fedora Flatpaks be browsed and downloaded for other distros?

Even if you have trust. There can be security vulnerabilites in apps we are using. Flatpak seems to not really help in any way.

Think about service providers (government, banking, messaging, streaming, gaming). To participate in life we might depend on some of their services but don’t fully trust these parties. Flatpak is not secure/sandboxed enough to run untrusted apps. Meanwhile on Android the situation looks much better.

Problems:

• you need an additional solution for Wifi captives portals, at least there is a gap in your solution for this situation
• intercontinental travelling might not be fun

That doesn’t help outside of home. When we are in an untrusted network then the DNS mess makes us vulnerable for spoofing attacks.

Does it also follow the rule to not allow closed source API? (Notification,Location,…)

that one does support autostart?

I dont know how to mount external drives on Bash without root privilegues. On the Desktop environment it can be done by just clicking without root password.

Which server are you using on linux? How did you configure autostart?

Isnt Remmina a client only? Or can it be configured to autolaunch a VNC/RDP server?

What is wrong with it? (I have no clue, never used it)

Tried it on VM and Backup Notebooks. Especially on old Notebooks its hardly usable.

Thanks for all your discussions. All your experiences are very helpful for me. Now here is my top list and reasons:

1. Cinnamon (most familiar and very stable for me)
2. XFCE (I like the responseness and lightweightness)
3. MATE (stable and reliable)
4. KDE (I like the configurability, but unfortunately I experienced a lot of instabilities and accidents)
5. Gnome (I don’t like the new UI concept. When I tried it, it was laggy and non-responsive)

Out of this list:

• I3 (only head good things, but never tried it on my own installation)
• Cosmic (first time I heard about today)
• Budgie (first time I heard about today)

W

Void seems cool.

But battery might be important since a lot of laptops will not start if the batttery is missing or has undervoltage. General advise would therefore be to not discharge the battery to a bare mininum but to keep it always at least 20-30% charged. Especially when Laptop is not used for longer time.