Am I lucky or what. Built my first ever PC a few months ago before all this crap started. My only regret is going with 32gb ram instead of 64.

The only rich country with actual legal slavery is the US.

Deepseek is my go-to. Sure it’s Chinese but I don’t see how that affects me (LLMs should not be used to research historical/political issues anyways, or really any research).

I’ve been on secureblue for months. It has it’s quirks but I don’t see anything in your post that would be a problem. You can turn off hardened-malloc on a case by case basis if needed, and this is especially easy for Flatpaks.