Soulseek can have extremely high res audio files such as .dsd, .ape, 384khz .flac, etc.

Deemix-gui + Deezer subscription or SoulSeek/Nicotine+

He said most states as well, I’m commenting on that, not solely on wisconsin.

vast majority of states

You don’t need a carry permit in the vast majority of states unless you conceal it in a holster on your person.

I agree with every point you make except for the desktop environment front end.

While it is nice to install a distro with a given desktop environment OOTB, you can always change it, and even have multiple ones installed at the same time. This is typically a better approach to testing out desktop environments because you don’t have to reinstall every time.