Sounds like the sequel of that horror movie where the protagonist had a vagina with fangs.

No food stamps, only Gil.

Wizards don’t go to the toilet. They soil themselves, then cast prestidigitation to clean their clothes.

I don’t think he does. The whole point of Sauron trying to enslave Middle Earth is exactly the justification you need for the mass slaughter of the “enemy”. If the orcs were spending the days idly farming and smoking hobbit pipes, you would have a whole other argument against genocide.

The one enemy that appears briefly before getting beaten up into oblivion?

I agree that a lot of dark stuff happens in Jojo (heck, the protagonist of the 5th saga is a mafia boss), maybe it’s best for mature audiences.

I think the orcs/demons being hell-bent on killing humans is a sufficiently good reason.

It’s not that short, you just need to pick a genre different from shounen if you don’t like fanservice. Also many older shounen are good, think about the Digimon, Pokémon and Gundam franchises to name a few famous ones.

Does learning how to deal with it, but still struggling more than an average person count as getting better?

Didn’t Google Stadia do the cloud thing and failed miserably?

Can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. Learning to torrent is what greatly increased my computer literacy when I was a kid.

For now.

Second this. I got tired of Ubuntu and moved to Mint first, then Debian.

Will my ability to play games be significantly affected compared to Windows?

It will be somewhat affected, but most games can be played via wine/proton.

Can I mod games as freely and as easily as I do on Windows?

Depends on the game and mods? Some games like Minecraft can run and be modded natively in Linux.

If a program has no Linux version, is it unusable, or are there workarounds?

Again, there is wine/proton for that.

Can Linux run programs that rely on frameworks like .NET or other Windows-specific libraries?

If I remember correctly, you can install .NET, DirectX and so on in wine.

How do OS updates work in Linux? Is there a “Linux Update” program like what Windows has?

You are going to love updates coming from Windows. Basically you run your package manager update command and everything is taken care of.

How does digital security work on Linux? Is it more vulnerable due to being open source? Is there integrated antivirus software, or will I have to source that myself?

I’m no security expert, but the consensus is that it’s more secure. I’ll leave it to more competent people to explain.

Are GPU drivers reliable on Linux?

Depends. NVIDIA used to be annoying to manage.

Can Linux (in the case of a misconfiguration or serious failure) potentially damage hardware?

About this, I have no idea.

And also, what distro might be best for me?

I have seen Linux Mint often suggested to new users, but picking a distro is a topic that deserves a whole new post.

How many scalpers, also?

Clickbait-ish title, the prosthesis is not “mind controlled” but uses wireless electrodes that record muscle contraction. Cool tech, though.

How does Mint work with (old) NVIDIA drivers? I’m going to have to do the switch sometime this year and I am still debating which distro would give me the least troubles running games and applications via Proton / Wine.

https://gamerant.com/prince-of-persia-the-lost-crown-sales-numbers/

Yeah, well received but poorly marketed. I guess they are focusing on the wrong games.

Yes, with some work

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/182758-affinity-suite-v2-on-linux-wine/

Helck

Matplotlib + export to SVG + final adjustments in Inkscape is my pick.