You can also switch to LibreWolf for better privacy but don’t try to take all the steps at once. Slow and steady is better.

Wait, Pop_OS switched to rolling release?

Nice list, though I would remove Manjaro from that. Manjaro is far from stable, they just delay Arch packages without even testing and it will bork itself in no time or will cause some problems at least.

Anyway, I see you have included Fedora based, so I would like to suggest OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. I installed it on my sister’s PC and she’s been happily using it for some time now. Previously she borked Manjaro and brake updates on Pop OS just by using the system via GUI. That didn’t happen on Tumbleweed yet and I don’t think it will. Even if something would happen, she can revert everything by selecting a recovery image from GRUB and continue using it.

First of all, welcome.

Don’t try to install many different distros in a short span unless you are a distro-hopper. Just pick one and do everything on that. Manjaro would cause problems especially if you enable AUR. If you want cutting-edge and still want to use GUI for management, I suggest OpenSUSE Tumbleweed.

For hard disk read-only situation, that happens with NTFS partitions for safety reasons. You can change that with Gnome Disks by setting auto mount and user options. Know that NTFS is a Windows file system and runs on a compatibility system on Linux.

It’s better to start with beginner friendly distros. Some people even settle with one distro and use it without changing ever. Unless you want to discover under-the-hood features, most distros will look the same.

Also, things work differently on Linux. Once you get used to them, you’ll find them more straightforward comparing to Windows. However, getting used to them might be a challenge for some people. Get ready to read Wikis.

Don’t be hasty. Continue to use Windows until you feel ready while creating your ideal workspace.

Go for functionality before starting customization anything, you can do that anytime.

I think that’s nice as long as people can jailbreak them.

Hmm, so the tactical part kind of died. That’s sad.

Heh, never heard of that game.

While this is true for my another older netbook (40 W), my netbook’s power consumption for running Pi-hole is ~15 W. I think it’s acceptable for such operation. 5 W is tempting though.

I’m using my old netbook as Pi-hole and some home server stuff. Does its job.

To be fair, I imagine an entire browser just like that for a long time. You have your settings and every website would look the same. A default frontend for everything. No Javascript, just the content.

Reader mode is really useful and I use it daily basis. It removes all the clutter and leaves just the important part.

It wouldn’t be worse than snap integration which Mint already doesn’t use. Also Mint have a backup plan called LMDE if things go sour.

Basically like that but Frankenstein saying it.

Depends on what you need actually. I was doing fine with urxvt on Xorg, so foot is a perfect alternative for me on Wayland.

Not exactly moneyless but imagine quality of life improvements for Stardew Valley. That’s “Fields of Mistria”.

You can try that on Elite Dangerous.

That’s a good analogy.

It doesn’t use Visual Basic for its macros so I wouldn’t expect a complex compatibility. To be fair Excel macros is usually a problem outside of MS Office.

It’s nice to see more countries making chips.

It’s not open source but probably has the best compatibility. You can give it a shot.

https://www.freeoffice.com/en/

Needs an account after one week though.