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.

Try to downgrade driver to 550,i also had different weird freezes in games with 560 version.

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

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.

Old used surface pro 3 works great with linux ,hardware still fine and screen is awesome.i own one and run pop os on wayland.

Resolution of screen 2160x1440 12’ Intel Core i5-4300U

I feel you,same thing about redox os.Core and system applications have to under gpl no doubt.

I don’t know if Microsoft still using restrictions in their license agreement,that only one system can be installed for OEM when deliverying devices to shops.

old netbook HP mini 210 it’s exactly 10’

I don’t know what this people talking about,u need just double click on deb file it will open grahical installer,if not check file assisation it shoulb be assigned to Eddy program.It’s pop os alternative to gdebi.

Not really :)) https://gist.github.com/ninovsnino/f910701ea912f03b73a1d0895d213b0e

Phosh

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

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.

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.

https://fossforce.com/2021/11/a-german-state-is-saying-goodbye-windows-hello-linux/