Maybe this is an odd question for you, but if you’re not interested in using the terminal. . . Why choose a distro centered around using the terminal??
Mint or Solus may provide a better experience for you on a day to day basis.
Not saying you must use it for everything. But certain things would very much be better off doing with terminal.
Frankly, this the first time I hear of such a thing.
What operation? The systemd behavior you describe above?
I really don’t know but I see @dalto is typing…
In an extreme case, yes. For example, if you use a meta package to install your DE and then the meta-package is removed for some reason, everything to do with that DE will become orphaned.
I think you are referring to a different kind of orphans. That sounds like it may be something coming from fsck. Perhaps orphaned inodes?
Yes, I was thinking of orphaned inodes. Only the orphan is common in the two mentioned things.