That brittleness aspect of minimal Linux setups is one of the reasons why when using Linux I just go with a full fat DE. It’s distracting and unproductive when it feels like your desktop setup is built upon glass stilts as a result of being so duct-taped together.
Yeah - generally speaking these days if I'm setting up a "desktop" running Linux it 99% likely going to be Kubuntu (with snapd purged and Firefox installed from the Mozilla Team PPA).
