How did the abduction occurred?

Columbus day? Supposed to watch The Goonies, Gremlins, some Mrs. Doubtfire and little bit of Sorcerer's Stone.

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Also, nano is not always present.

Yes, Xfce is lightweight; which may be seem crude.

If you select Mate or Wayland/Plasma then you would probably enjoy it more visually.

Once installed, you can select a new desktop environment at login. There's generally a dropdown or menu item that would list all available.

With those other desktop env., you can say goodbye to that 0.7GB, though.