I’m not completely illiterate on the subject of Linux i used to mess around in highschool with turning old PC parts into functional machines
I’m not completely illiterate on the subject of Linux i used to mess around in highschool with turning old PC parts into functional machines
Experimentation is good, CachyOS allows for using the AUR for any sort of package you’d need vs. needing to containerize everything on bazzite. The multi-monitor setup and flickering could be a KDE-specific bug.
Unfortunately you still have to read: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Plex
Accept your GNOME masters, they know best

But if you have a Nvidia GPU then it’s probably that (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA). I had an Nvidia GPU and that monstrosity would completely fry my display after a suspend that I would have to restart my computer and Nshittia has not fixed it in 4 years.
Oh yeah, it’s all about nshittia for me. Unfortunately I have a 4070Ti and like to use DLSS4 to play games at 4k60 with all the rtx bullshit, my wife has a 1080
I think Gnome is really pretty and minimalistic, it feels like a great laptop DE to me. But I kinda treat my desktop like a workstation when I’m not gaming and I really like the KDE Human Interface Guidelines. They just work really nice for my brain, so apps feel a lot more intuitive to use than GTK apps tend to.
Material Design 1 and 2 also really worked nice for my brain, I miss when it was prevalent. Play Music was so much nicer to use and look at than Spotify is.