After using EOS on VM for a while, decided to install it as my daily. Ran into a few hiccups in Cinnamon, but people here stepped up to help even with the simplest of problems. Tangentially, I was actually going to use Plasma as my DE as I did in the VM, but after seeing a bunch of YT videos showing the latest Linux Mint edition, Cinnamon seemed the best fit for me. And here it is!
Choice is wonderful: office tools, desktops, wms, distros, terminals…
Learn and a choose. Default tools are generally a safe starting place; explore as you need/ desire; install what you want. We all have preferences. It is doubtful you would ever find two people using exactly the same setup & tools. To my mind, that is good.