If aesthetics and efficiency top your list of needs, there are several Linux distributions that are right up your alley. Both Ubuntu Budgie and Pop!_OS should top that list.

ShaniOS maintains two separate environments. If an update - or anything - goes wrong with one environment, simply reboot and switch to the other. I am seriously impressed.

However, if you put a portable Linux installation on a flash drive, you can carry your own operating system with you wherever you go. Most of the time it is as simple as telling the computer to boot ...

Note that the plugin supports a select few Linux distributions for enabling persistence. Fortunately, all the popular distros ...