The EU must be doing something right.

Nice to see Calligra still getting updates

I first experimented with Linux in 1999, but didn’t stay with it for long as I never got X11 working. I started using it more seriously in 2001 / 2002 and by the time Windows XP was established, I was a full time Linux user. I was a lot older than you though being in my mid-thirties.

Have a look at the roadmap

It offers a good installer, a decent out of the box setup, useful helper scripts, and a helpful community. That’s a lot more than Arch!

The real question is why isn’t Windows lighter?

Troubleshooting and fixing your system when your desktop environment is broken

having to configure and go into console 24/7

You’re not running any Linux that I’ve used in the past ten years then. What relic of a bygone age are you running?