Floppy distros were all the rage. Here’s another one, still got a few floppies of it floating around the lab!

https://deadlinux.fandom.com/wiki/Tom's_Root_Boot

Security Tools Distribution :)

https://s-t-d.org/

Linux STD! Waaaay before skiddos had backtrack or kali

Sorry I can’t help with F-Droid, but check out Droidify! Hopefully it works for you too

Wal-Mart had redhat 5 on sale and the xplane screenshot on the back handled the rest.

The VNC server they previously bundled with raspberry pi os is not compatible with Wayland.

VT2. Sometimes 3.

git clone ssh://theseus@hive2.local/~/dotfiles.git

Forget a DE, sounds like you need a WM. Definitely check out some tiling options like i3 or sway, especially since you spend so much time in the terminal.

Mosh https://mosh.org/

Persistent ssh connections, great for laptops/phones that sleep or change IP. Use tmux for scroll back.