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

What happens if they just… don’t pay?

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-cost-of-raising-a-child-by-u-s-state/

Multiply by 18 years, closer to the 500’000 figure.

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.

I’ll bet 5$ on “that is not going to happen”.

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.

Since when Costa Rica is in the US?

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.

Wait, the letters are clearly digitally added on top of the photo, but aren’t they just used to label the tattoos on each finger?

Not that would change anything…

Nah, it’s typical university faction wars. Engineers say crap about architects, mathematicians sneer on physicists and so on…