I’m just staring at the weird 16:9 californication

I was also drawn in by the wallpaper, but I’m looking at your Linux Mint and thinking that looks more like (old) GNOME than KDE, is that KDE? That looks nice. I haven’t used Linux in years now, and I always preferred GNOME for looking more like macOS, but if that’s KDE (as Mint is known to use), I might have to adjust my preferences. (I also don’t have a machine that can run Linux anymore.)

Is that XFCE and if so, how do you like it with touchscreen and trackpad gestures? In my experience, Gnome is best for that use. If you like Mint, maybe give Debian with Gnome a shot. If you want to explore outside of the Debian tree, maybe Fedora Workstation.

I saw this and I can only think that the pool is lava.