This has been me as well. I switched to daily driving Linux after a week on windows 11. It hasn't been 100% perfect but answers were so easy to find and implement. My shit works, and works well. More importantly it works exactly how I want it to.
I went with EndeavourOS
I really hope he's able to migrate his app to Lemmy and continue to make a living. I would happily pay again.
We need to bring it back. The internet was way note fun during the surfing era.
We have switched to donating to Habitat for Humanity. Seems like the best of the convenient options.
Linux is perfect for grandparents or non tech savvy family if you set it up for them. Once it's up and running, there isn't much of anything they can do to break it.