I am a longterm user of Linux.
I am a scientific man not a Linuc guy now.
I started with Windows.
But gave up Windows due to its inherent vulnerabilities.
It does not have a streamlined file structure, a glossy and baggy but attractive front end.
The wall papers was their back entry. Moment I realized this ploy I migrated to Linux and I used to check my Linux history daily. I had a good understanding (not now), all daemons and chron jobs. I was not paranoid but I loved my privacy.
Now coming to Linux, I realized that Variety Wall paper was the back entry and was using to snoope my desktop. I sent a nasty note to Variety and stopped using it ever since. KIRI is not a standards Linux distribution but it uses Variety as a default wall paper. I have second thought about KIRO now which is a ARCH based distribution.
I have no understanding of ARCH but investigating it over the past one year.
Yes, one can enter a Linux machine using a simple Wall Paper.
BEWARE.
I have no intention of looking at the CODE behind each wall paper.
This is very reason I do not use KDE.
Biggy and bulky.
I have the habit of reading the open opening lines of Linux. They are so fast I cannot read them with my naked eye.
I have a shortcut to read them, if I am suspicious.
I believe developer guys and girls look at this simple probpem.
Stable not glossy and loose is the rule of the game. I think Debian does this with thr new 13 series.
Variety Wall paper cannot be removed and it has coomand line fuctionality.
I am going to ditch KIRO Linux after 48 hours.
Yes, I did install Manjaro Gnome Linux and added Plama.
Plasma Wayland did not work. It was all due few missing desktop components.
When those missing componets were added Plasma X11 and Plasma Wayland work smoothly.
KDE desktop is beautiful and I begin to like it. That is a radical change.
No hesitation to recommend Manjaro Linux. It an elegant distribution by all means. I cannot remember why I did keep away from it.
May be it had a little glitch in the GRUB file where two kernels of ARCH could not stay together. Well that problem is solved now.
If one need old Gnome Software one has to install Gnome Software under Manjaro hood. It comes as a separate installer and there are no conflicts.
All the browesers except Opera browser were supported by Manjaro.
Cutfish is working OK.
BlueStar is safe with Manjaro GRUB.