I heard him talk about it a few times, but had no idea it was ready for use yet.

The C++ is outdated by at least a decade. In modern C++, the quote should be “If you’re allocating memory, you’re doing it wrong.”

I’m using Void for quite some time, and I’m enjoying it very much.

https://voidlinux.org/

buttercup = <3

The Smiths

Actually it was around mid 2000’s when it matured enough as a desktop environment to be used by a regular user. Since then it has been improving, and for the last decade or so I dare say it is even easier to use.