Thx for the explainer - I have some research to do.

I’m not sure what that last part means, but TY.

I don’t ever want to have to set up my PC again. Will Tumbleweed be good to accomplish this for a user used to Windows?

Not in my experience, but again that was quite some time ago - I think it was Android 6 the last time I did it.

ETA: although now that I think about it, it was technically done in an “unsafe” manner by exploiting vulnerabilities. For the more safety-concerned, maybe a wipe was preferred.

That’s how the big bucks are made.

The article implies simply rooting will do - something I haven’t done in quite a while, but last I knew didn’t involve wiping your existing setup.