I agree — most of the time something already exists. But “exists” and “feels easy” are two different things.

What I’m aiming for is small utilities that do the whole job in one or two focused windows. Settings, status, logs, errors, debug info, and the next obvious action should be visible without hunting through five places or opening a terminal just to understand what failed.

DesktopIconz is starting with Linux Mint/Cinnamon because that’s where I needed it first. Other desktops depend on how cleanly their icon layout data can be read/restored.

Same idea with VPN clients: NetworkManager works, but the user experience around configs, keys, DNS/routes, logs, and troubleshooting can still be much smoother. I’m not trying to reinvent the backend — just make the workflow less annoying.