Micromot

NPUs not GPUs, they target different metrics

In everyday use you shouldn’t need to use the terminal but for crashes it can be very helpful to switch between ttys

Should also extend screen lifetime

Everything except nvidia is how I use it and it works very well. I have had a few issues with kde once but never again since then

Nobara is alright if you just want games to work without tinkering etc

A lot of stuff on the stores and repos is mostly made by individuals

You should try to avoid executing files that you downloaded from somewhere online, it’s best if you canget it either from the system package manager( i.e apt ) or get it from flatpak/snap. If you have to get it from a website it depends on what the website is and the usual suspicious features. If you are unsure if something from github or similar is safe you can always google it first to see reviews from other users. Antivirus software like on windows is not that common for linux and most of the time it is enough not to run software you don’t trust as sudo or admin as they don’t have permission to change files without those.