It's not that I purposely make my system complicated (At least not consciously...) It's that when I built my Arch system, I built it with familiarity, minimalism, and efficiency in mind.
I chose Arch because I know exactly what's going into my system.
I use Awesome WM instead of a desktop environment because it creates a very functional and versatile use of desktop space, without the bulk that comes with most D/E's. It doesn't add on a features that I wouldn't normally use.
I use VIM because (well mostly because I wanted to learn how to use the damn thing, but now that I know how to, I use it because) it's fast, minimal, and feature packed.
I try to avoid using a keyboard because I find it much faster to get around with.
I use vimium in chrome for the above reason
I'm totally not trying to judge people that don't do things my way, I'm just wondering if anyone else had a highly personalized setup on their system.
All that said, I kind of like the fact that people can't intuitively understand my system in some ways... Helps preventing the average user from using my computer in ways I'd rather they not. And while I realize that security through obscurity isn't secure. I feel I appreciate it more than I would an off the shelf environment. What can I say... I like to tinker.
Nope, I pride myself on ease of use, system efficiency, and functionality.
I can stop using my computer for dev and hand the controls to my mother who can use it just as comfortably as I can, or near enough anyway. There are lots of hidden features ofc but the UI itself is easy as fuck to use.
Terminals built into the background along with semi transparent icons which trigger commands or websites I use frequently. Minimal System monitor and such in the taskbar, and ofc a dock down below that is hidden until triggered. Making a system overly convoluted doesn't make sense to me, my computer hovers around 500 mb of ram usage with a firefox instance with a few tabs open and an irc client.
And yes, I use a mouse 
