

Solved! I had to swing by a hardware store for some screwdrivers and bemoaned a few secret screws keeping the thing from opening, but I located the keyboard ribbon and removed it. All is well! I even gave the fan a little cleaning, which was long overdue eheh. Thanks folks!
I’ve only tried KDE and i’m pretty happy with it. I dunno why I’d want a creepy foot gnome on my computer, and I don’t really know of any others by name yet so… I’mma pick KDE