I spent a couple of days exploring linux distributions after deciding to drop Windows at home. It was an interesting experience, seeing how each distro approaches augmenting GNOME for desktop integration. I really like PopOS, but with the transition away from GNOME and GNOME extensions breaking between versions I went with Fedora.
Looking forward to trying COSMIC out again in stable, the alpha was actually very good. Let's see how they approach extensibility, as the GNOME extension fragmentation ended up a reason for my choosing Fedora.
Also if you were considering installing linux for a family member, I found ZorinOS was very good for this
They are already making extensive use of extensibility. Much more of what is in Gnome itself is in plugins. Unlike in Gnome where all plugins are in the same JS process. Each plugin is its own process and uses Wayland to communicate. So you can have lots of complexity in a plugin, it can crash and not take down the rest.
Looking forward to trying COSMIC out again in stable, the alpha was actually very good. Let's see how they approach extensibility, as the GNOME extension fragmentation ended up a reason for my choosing Fedora.
Also if you were considering installing linux for a family member, I found ZorinOS was very good for this