Well since u broke windows itself u can try new attempt and let installer to format partition and install ubuntu.

One exception is CD Project Red.U can buy cyberpunk through their store on gog.com and u will exactly owning it since u will able to download executable installer and game will have no DRM.Pay once own forever,same for witcher 3 and other games which they distribute on gog.com

Same thing here my grandparents and some other old age people which i know using linux mint.I installed it to their pc 5 years ago and up to date,it's works fine for them before on windows it was nighmare while they were catching ads malware while browsing the net.

It's cool p2p protocol but nowdays no good clients, most of them unmaintained and qtox have so shit code.Feels like developer didn't learn anything about writing safe c++ code.On android there trifa app but it's works... pretty weird,there also atox but it's doesn't implemented feature about video/voice calls.

This is really weird :(

Yeah,but we definitely need tell him about it existence :)

Cannot agree about this.telegram have at least open clientsource code,and a lot pirated stuff u cN find in telegram channels. So if choosing between telegram and WhatsApp.Definitely Telegram.

Agree about linux mint but need to be aware that he bought new laptop and kernel in version 21 quite outdated for modern hardware ,recommendly would be for him to wait for 22 version already i guess.

https://fossforce.com/2021/11/a-german-state-is-saying-goodbye-windows-hello-linux/

https://github.com/cryzed/TrafficToll

Well,u can try to use gadgetbridge.Maybe will work but not sure ur model quite new. https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge

U can sell it and buy pinetime https://www.pine64.org/pinetime/

Or buying from aliexpress watches like TTGO T-Watch which are based on ESP32 and u can customize and create own programs and like OS for them using Arduino IDE where u will controll all ur code of execution https://alii.pub/6px7zl

Fast search gave me this ,replacing with open source firmware Mycroft https://hackaday.com/2021/03/22/amazon-echo-gets-open-source-brain-transplant/