Yes although it requires changing a few settings through command prompt.
The how to can be found on certain websites none of which will be a Microsoft website.
You also have to download updates from the Microsoft catalog and install them manually...
Scratches Head.
Please explain exactly what you mean by this statement.
"welcome to that small percentage of global computer users who have FULL control over their hardware......"
I have a Windows 10 desktop and have complete control over everything that happens on it before it happens...
I don't think bitlocker is a stupid choice in this day and age for laptop and mobile devices as long as the bitlocker user has provided for themselves a backup replacement key / device.
I've never used it although I've known a few who have and lost the usb key and was unable to get onto their laptop computer.
I wound up changing the HDD with a new HDD and then reinstalled the Windows OS which is what they wanted to do.
This will give you more info and then some.
sudo inxi -Fxrzc0 -v6
Output will look like this.
Here's you another one.
You will find the output in your home folder marked.
lxhw.text
sudo lshw -sanitize > lshw.txt
I don't know how old you are I'm in my 70s.
Consider the generation of today.
I grew up in a simple time black and white television one telephone in a house that everyone used.
One family automobile that we all who could drive used and if we wanted a automobile we got a job saved our money...
Ya can't have positives without negatives it's just against the laws of electricity.
Negatives can be a good thing as long as the negatives are not condescending.
Negatives show where faults and weaknesses may exist and a user can address possible faults and issues.
I really don't care for...
I'll bet Microsoft has a team of lawyers on the payroll and with the money and power and control Microsoft has they can for the most get out of whatever they get themselves into.
I don't trust any browsers or search engines nowadays seems they've all been busted fibbing about how they don't sell user personal data.
And no I don't have any links to back up what I say but they are out there if you look.
I do use DuckDuckGo as I've used it for years and just like it.
Yep the last few Ubuntu releases and Ubuntu flavors releases have increases in iso size due to the default Snaps.
Limiting your Snaps backups of previous installed Snaps to two will keep the HDD or SSD space under control.
Yes there is regular maintenance required with Snaps.
Here's a script...
With only 4.0GB of memory I'd install a Linux distro with a lighter desktop environment such as Xfce.
Gnome desktop environment requires a lot of system resources and will use up that 4.0GB of memory.