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Next I add the albert launcher app, which is a quick launcher like Mac's. This is so I can further avoid having to use a mouse/menus.
As for customizations and such, that is going to heavily depend on your distribution, your hardware, what you do with it, etc. The defaults will honestly be largely fine, unless you want to change aesthetics and themes. If you like customizing your desktop a lot, choose plasma 5/KDE and not gnome. Gnome isn’t bad, they just fundamentally oppose the level of user customization that KDE welcomes with open arms. If you game, install steam and Lutris. Reference this guide to make sure all your graphics libraries are properly up to date.