First time I tried switching to linux I went with mint and I had a lot of problems, everything I hated about windows seems to be even worse there. I switched back to windows for a year but last month I gave linux another shot with Manjaro. And I managed to fully switch to linux without any big problems so far. There is a lot to like about it, especially for a linux begginer like myself.

I am not really qualified to recommend it, but my experience as a noob has been great (gaming with linux native games and windows games, watching movies, customizing things, modding games…)

Yeah, but I’m sure a lot of people just bought youtube premium. I know my friend did…stupid idiot.

I use jdownloader2. Mostly because I never learned to use yt-dlp.

I hope so.

Cold wallet for crypto.

It’s probably best sticking to samsung, if she’s already familiar with it. I don’t know which models are sold in your country, but something from “A” series is probably most appropriate. Like A23 for an example.

Also maybe buy a big chunky phone case and figure out some sort of gps tracking in case of losing the phone.