> The computer also just obeys me. It does exactly what I tell it to, and nothing more.
Is the biggest benefit and point. You can toss whatever UI/workflow style you want on top of pretty much any distro. I absolutely cannot stand the loss of user agency on modern software/operating systems. I have to use both macOS and Windows at work and I hate them almost equally (I hate windows a little more than I hate macOS, but because of Microsoft's behavior, not because of the UI).
I feel like every piece of commercial software and OS now is like Blizzard "You think you do, but you don't"
> The computer also just obeys me. It does exactly what I tell it to, and nothing more.
Is the biggest benefit and point. You can toss whatever UI/workflow style you want on top of pretty much any distro. I absolutely cannot stand the loss of user agency on modern software/operating systems. I have to use both macOS and Windows at work and I hate them almost equally (I hate windows a little more than I hate macOS, but because of Microsoft's behavior, not because of the UI).
I feel like every piece of commercial software and OS now is like Blizzard "You think you do, but you don't"