Linux Mint

1. I'm seeing just one massive downside to Plank Reloaded, which is that I'm finding myself apparently having been ridiculously dependent on pressing Super+# all these years in Windows to open apps in the dock... to which Plank Reloaded doesn't react at all; it seems to require a Grouped Window List with apps pinned in the same order. PR also doesn't respond to Cinnamon's Keyboard menu's Global hotkey to show the order of apps, which seems to only affect Grouped Window List. Isn't the whole point of Plank Reloaded to replace a Grouped Window List? Would I have to forgo my beloved Super+# and just type everything via the menu if I wanna stick to PR without a GWL? Help! ~~Also, how do you customize PR more, anyway? I've seen some pretty crazy things from people online (purportedly, unless it was other software at work) and learned to Ctrl+right-click it but there doesn't seem to be a way to change the icons, or are those managed elsewhere?~~ EDIT: Hmm... wow, there are way more docks out there than I realized, duh. Maybe I'll just ditch PR for one of these... but the Super+# shortcut loss remains a bit painful... Does anyone already happen to know if any dock is compatible with this shortcut?

2. Redditors were saying to "Either use 'Blur Cinnamon' or Transparent panels,' but not both" for further customizing via extensions, due to wasted-memory concerns. The problem is that I can't seem to get Blur Cinnamon alone to remove panels' background color and seamlessly blend them into the wallpaper. Blur is pretty tricky for me to figure out.

3. Lastly, are there any Conky configs that show space on external drives, or would anyone know how to modify any to do so?

Any light shed on any of these matters would be much appreciated.