can't wait for lady bird browser

fedora is a good middle ground

matrix has a web interface and there's many different options for clients. https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/

there's also signal but idk if that will suit your needs

there is revolt that is like discord but it is open source. downside is it is not e2ee

I use my rooms desk fan and play music at all times

I have no Windows or fans in my collage dorm bathroom

it should be safe. From what I know the update only broke it as it was updating so installing a dual-boot after should be fine. You might want to test first so just install something small like mint for a test and see if it works.

yes

tie him to a chair and make him watch this

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=MBBOjf7fLrc

(I'm joking about tiying him to a chair ofcorse)

I'm lucky if I get more than 3 notifications in a day

I have found the truest of posts

a lot of people base there personality off it because they installed it from scratch and customize it exactly how it fits them. ofcorse that's not going to be everyone because everyone is different.

Gnome. On my laptop KDE and cinimon have given me a LOT of issues. I've had a lot of linux problems due to my hardware tho but finally found a fix and don't want to change