I tried using Safari multiple times, but I run back to Firefox every time.

Ok we might need to get more people here :-)

Sucks less then what? I feel both Betterbird.eu and Evolution are pretty capable mail clients.

I looked at this news item yesterday, but it complete ignores the fact that I might not now about SparkyLinux and what diffentiates it from plain Debian Stable

Mostly only need a spreadsheet. I will use anything at my disposal, but mostly Calc (LibreOffice).

Most of my text editing is markdown or actual code, so that is just VSCode or my IDE.