I'm pretty sure that's been done? I remember seeing a while ago GothamChess made a video that had something to do with LLMs but I don't remember if it was human vs LLM or LLM vs LLM (or something else). I'll try to look for it in the morning
Not foss but I use Weawow. As far as I can tell the only data collection is related to account creation for their image uploading service. No known trackers according to Exodus. If you want I can post a screenshot showing what the 1x1 widget look like
That's nice that you don't feel hated but OP just hates men. As a man I don't enjoy being hated just for existing. Also, OP is the one who felt the need to proclaim their feelings about men during another group's month of observance
Personally I'm a PopOS enjoyer over Mint but that's really not a big deal.
As for not using the command line, you can get away with it for the most part but you're eventually going to have to use it for something. Your distro, whatever you pick, will have an app called "shop" or "discover" or something similar that will let you download other apps and updates (yes you will generally want to keep your system up-to-date). It's also likely that you'll be able to download and use Proton this way. Since Mint and Pop (and Ubuntu lol) are Ubuntu based, any app that works on Ubuntu (like Proton) will also with with them.
Custom theming (including mouse) well be pretty easy. Go into your settings app, find themes, and pick from any of the pre-installed onboard themes. Or go into your shop app, or even the internet, and download someone else's theme.
Keyboard shortcuts are also configurable and most of the time will be the same as windows
If you pick a distro with a gui installer (all of your distro candidates do) then installation is basically completely unfuckupable.
I don't know about shipping to Europe but GameSir has the Tarantula Pro which I have, and despite being partial to the Xbox layout I've been enjoying. I know 8bitDo also has a Playstation style controller with hall effect sticks and that people who have tend to like them, but I don't have one so I can't comment on it
As a kid I liked these mini games as much as (maybe more) than the actual game