Note the packages I needed to add to get Xfce functioning properly.
Yes Void configures Xfce well … so does MX. In antiX you get a raw Xfce which needs some configuring … especially in relation to doing filesystem mounts.
Looks like you will succeed with 32 bit Linux.
Yes you need a Recipe Book for CLI … noone can remember it all. Make notes… you will need to do it again someday.