What do you mean when you say artificial sugars? The insulin response to different sweeteners vary a lot.

Looks like it comes with more preinstalled applications and a custom themed gnome desktop. As far as I can find the extra preinstalled applications are available in the default ubuntu repos.

I’ve been daily driving linux for at least 10 years and I think I’m using close to 100% FOSS. Except for the stupid nvidia drivers and my steam games.

Workerware like mouse jigglers and other keepalive tools that lets you focus on work instead of having to keep the screensaver from turning on.

It’s a good place to start and usually has a decent source list that can be used to find better sources for each topic.