For most basic users I recommend using Gnome desktop environment
2- Softwares
Browser --> Firefox π (It's recommended to tweaks and the settings and use custom user.js (Explanations about user.js))
Librewolf β€οΈ (For an out-of-the-box great experience)
Mainly because it comes with trace/swipe type input. Is there anything else out there that's better and more up to date?
Probably not up to modifying the above to include libraries.
I was a long term Swype user prior to getting a pixel 7, which it can't be installed on due to it being 32bit. I've not found anything else FOSS or otherwise that comes close to being as good as Swype's trace predictions. Sadly Microsoft bought the company that made Swype so the odds are it's never going to see the light of day again. They have their shitty Swiftkey app instead.