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Yes, it's basically just a scaffold, but something like this could be iterated on. The challenges are around infrastructure and funding to function at scale.
I would personally rather see something that improves on the problems Reddit solves, but tries something completely new. Cloning a product is so uninteresting.
If you decide to go off the rails and replace some or most of the PopOS stuff (which I eventually did), it will work, but probably break on running the next major update. This happened to me twice and ultimately had me move on to other things.
If this new approach can solve that problem, then I think PopOS! will be a much more attractive option. I will probably not go back to using PopOS! (using tiling wms now), but I would have no issue recommending it.
The most computer illiterate will be fine, but they will not be buying a machine like this. The most advanced people will probably be fine mainly because their expectations will be in check. I'm personally having a hard time getting my 13 year old to debug issues in windows and linux because his expectations are just too high (probably years of ipad use). He expects things should just work and get frustrated too quickly.
Anyway, I think success in linux is more mental than anything. The terminal shouldn't be the frightening thing people like to think it is. It's just FUD. I'm in the terminal all the time on my Mac and no one seems to have an issue with that.
I architected a React.js framework that needed to exist in our existing portal environment and play well with all of the other frameworks and scripts. My solution was tightly coupling bundles of code for widgets deployed on my platform. I have conventions all devs need to follow and it does result in not very dry code.
The benefit is that everyone can work independently and not affect each other. Testing is easier to do as there are less logic paths. Performance is still optimized with code-splitting, so the extra code really doesn't affect performance.
Whenever people try to create a DRY one-size-fits-all solution, I find them very inflexible and prone to breaking. Add to that, they are generally poorly documented, so making changes can be very stressful.
I would use a tiling window manager (and have) on something like a chromebook or if I'm a youtuber that does everything in a VM at 1080p. I have a hybrid approach that I use with XFCE (aggressive window snapping with custom shortcuts), but it's hardly a typical tiling window manager experience.
Regarding Thunar, I don't have any issues, but if you are not using it in XFCE, you might want to try and see what plugins you are loading. Some expect XFCE and could be the root of your issues.
There are ways to not have any issues catching any game you want to watch, but older people are simply not going to be stream hunting... but that's what all the young people are doing.
Reality of the situation is that I could not watch 1/2 of the games I wanted to because of blackout rules and other broadcast conflicts. If a game is blacked out, I'm screwed. If a game is playing on the NHL Network, I'm screwed. If a game is playing nationally, I'm screwed. I'm paying $25/month to catch 1, maybe 2 games a week.
I no longer pay to watch hockey. There are other means that have a substantially better experience and I never miss a game. The NHL did this to themselves due to their antiquated business model and hubris.