This post is way above my level of understanding but I do know using Linux (my preference is Debian but I started on Ubuntu which is perhaps easier to start with) has been sanity preserving for me and I recognise some of the software as Linux eg Open Office which I have found extremely good to use. I have not used Windows for nearly two decades- and as a non tech person find Linux perfectly usable and a joy to use. Even when I am sometimes forced to use proprietary OS eg Android I find it very stressful in comparison- the lack of morality and honesty on Android is extreme and adds a lot of stress...whereas on Linux there is almost universal honesty and integrity in the way programs are built and presented.