Can you boot in safe mode and install the new open source drivers?

UEFI by default runs exe

As far as I know, that’s not the case. Maybe some UEFI implementations by some vendors can extract the UEFI firmware that’s embedded in the exe file. But, UEFI doesn’t run exe files.

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You can check out https://github.com/lapce/lapce

I think a bit more context could help here. What if those devs are male and prefer he/him? Should those pronouns be changed?

They look outdated because they are more than a decade old.

Mint with Papirus icons and blue accent colour set to match the folder icons of Papirus theme.

I recommend looking for refurbished laptops. As they’d give you better bang for buck. If you do indeed to with refurbished laptop, check everything thoroughly before buying including how long the battery lasts and if the display has any deffects.

Mint. LMDE.

Nah, m8, desktop and ChromeOS, these two words don’t go in the same sentence together

Linux Mint Cinnamon

KDE Neon

Ubuntu or Linux Mint

It would indeed be a waste of time. So, no, not worth it.

Whatever comes with the DE. I don’t use it enough to have a favorite.

K9mail. Mozilla collaborates with the dev. There’ll be a Thunderbird for Android based on k9mail.

Flatpak is the simplest solution for me.

Yes, but only for apps that which I want to be on the very latest versions. One might ask why I don’t use a rolling release distro, that’s because I prefer a solid LTS base.

BUT, the “new” store is based on a community project which ALREADY supports both deb and snap.