Or better if you can reinstall Windows and can find where to get it : try Windows 11 Iot LTSC, no dumb system requirements, no AI, no bloat, (not even the Microsoft Store…although you can still install it if you really need it) and no bullshit. Most updates are just security updates, and supposedly it will last longer than the normal Windows 11.
You technically need to be a company to get it…but I’m sure some sailors and graves lovers can find other ways ;)
I you want open-source then your best choice is either Shotcut or Kdenlive.
Shotcut is one of the simplest editor I’ve ever used…but only if you have simple edits to do, the more you wanna do something less simple the worst it gets.
Kdenlive on the other hand is fine to use in most use cases, but can be a bit tricky to understand at first.
So I always suggest Shotctut if you’re sure you won’t do crazy edits, Kdenlive otherwise, or to just use both if you are unsure.
Funniest thing is, I read this after learning Chrome had a zero-day exploit, Brave might not even have the patch yet 😆
To be fair, on sites like privacytests.org Brave seems to pass more tests than default Firefox, but these tests don’t take extensions into accounts. Extensions wouldn’t add much to Brave since it’s a chromium browser, but Firerox should have better results with ublock alone…and then there are forks and ways to harden Firefox on top of that.
And of course it’s not taken into account how sus Brave is, if I remember right Brave search has already been caught spying on its users (and used word play to pretend it was open-source) and then there’s also the crypto scam. Passing most of the security/privacy tests won’t help if the browser is spying and exploiting you.
Vivaldi is somehow on top of Floorp so I’d say his reasons are laughable at best.
It’s because it’s quite popular so alot of people know it exists, but yes it’s a handheld console made by steam and it’s using linux, it’s basicly a Linux console.
Unless the Steamdeck flew under your radar you should know that you can absolutly play games on Linux. Most of the exceptions are big online games with crazy anti-cheats (yeah in that case no luck).
As for hope : migrating to another OS (be it Linux, MacOS or whatever) can be disorienting at first, wich tend to repel some people (it’s like learning how to use a pc for the first time), that’s actually the most important thing to keep in mind for everything to go smoothly, you don’t need to be a tech wizzard, just to be patient.
As long as you don’t rush things, don’t expect everything to behave as somekind of windows clone and learn how it works a bit you should be fine.
Before you try anything I’d also suggest you check if all the software you are using are available on Linux and if not what alternative you can use : alternativeto.net can help. To check if the games you play work you can also go to protondb.com. Preparing as much as you can before install is a huge plus, and it’s really not that hard.
As an exemple I’ve helped a curious friend who wanted to try Linux, they’re the most tech illiterate person I’ve ever known…like even worse than some old people. It took them two hard month to be fully acclimated, like as fine as they were doing on windows if not better. Never even asked me for help ever since. (My eyes still bleed when I see how they’re using their pc but they clearly have no issue doing whatever they’re doing) So if they can I’m sure anyone can.
I am both amazed and disgusted