I have 3 elderly people for whom I installed Linux Mint, they have been using it for 5 years now. Without any problems.

Sure,just pop is by default running x11 so need enable it in gdm config file

I use surface pro 3 with pop os, basically u can install latest ubuntu and install this custom kernel. https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface And staying on Wayland it’s handle much better multi touch fingers especially on gnome which feels like designed for exactly such devices and gestures feels and works much than on windows my fav one 3 finger swipe between virtual desktops

Wow,i even got downvoted.

I tried it running with portproton with pirated version works smooth no tinkering.Running on arch linux with hybrid graphics on nvidia mx940.

I even wonder what games are u talking about ,wanna try to run on my machine

About 1 i am using https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext Feels very close experience to notepad++

2.I am using ifuse without any need for itunes i simply copy paste files as it would be android phone i am using it in cli ,but u can try to use https://github.com/Helltar/idevicegui

5. I am using celluloid or smplayer which is frontend for mpv,mplayer and other,great tool.

6. U can customize almost any shortcut u want

About distribution i like linux mint cinnamon for me it feels quite polished and also using arch linux with kde,but i don’t think it’s for u,at least for now.But at the same time arch have the biggest repository of any kind of programs comparing with other distros + aur .i am running it on everyday bases and mostly everything just works except if nvidia driver break something from time to time.

I am personally not exicted about using arm on pc/laptop all because situation with them can repwat situation with phones where we have locked down devices without ability to unlock bootloader and hug problems with drivers as sequence. Also there no uefi with ACPI so each distribution should be custom build to exact laptop because of operating system should know about installed hardware in laptop/pc in DTB file,i would prefer stay on x86 long as i can and maybe risc v cpus gonna change this situation.

Pop os implement rexocery partition too which u can use to reinstall all os

Fuse driver of ntfs-3g yes it’s slow but if configurate to use ntfs3 it’s same fast as in windows

Well until they letting to unlock bootloader,it’s nice cheap phones when u install custom os

If u wanna go with c# then use something like gtk# or cross platform gui lib like Avalonia

Btw videos not working well because of absense of hardware decoding codecs, and it is make software decoding.

Phosh

Well since u broke windows itself u can try new attempt and let installer to format partition and install ubuntu.

One exception is CD Project Red.U can buy cyberpunk through their store on gog.com and u will exactly owning it since u will able to download executable installer and game will have no DRM.Pay once own forever,same for witcher 3 and other games which they distribute on gog.com

Same thing here my grandparents and some other old age people which i know using linux mint.I installed it to their pc 5 years ago and up to date,it’s works fine for them before on windows it was nighmare while they were catching ads malware while browsing the net.

Ukrainian government do that.Cause they don’t know what are they doing in there. They are morrons and yeah what u said about prison for men.It’s true not only Russian doing that.Both sides getting wild and harsh.Men are kidnapped on the streets by the military registration and enlistment office.Recently applied new law which make just more corruption and war for poor.Police and special forces have protection from mobilization,so they gonna defense government from any protests against government.

Yeah,but we definitely need tell him about it existence :)

Agree about linux mint but need to be aware that he bought new laptop and kernel in version 21 quite outdated for modern hardware ,recommendly would be for him to wait for 22 version already i guess.