For Lua I think it's just for the interpreted version, I've heard that LuaJIT is amazingly fast (comparable to C++ code), and that's what for example Löve (game engine) uses, and probably many other projects as well.
I got surprised like two days ago when I got a desktop notification that Linux kernel killed a process, because there was no memory available, or something like that. I didn't know it can do that, lol.
I never did any homework unless absolutely necessary.
Now I understand that I should have done it, because I am not good at learning shit in classrooms where there is bunch of people who distract me and I don't learn anything that way. Only many years later I found out that for most things it's best for me to study alone.
That said, you are most probably right, because I have opened some math-related Wikipedia articles at some point, and they were pretty incomprehensible to me.
I am not going to say Linux is a perfect operating system (it isn't), but if your hardware is well supported AND you don't do anything more than browsing the internet or other usual home user tasks (managing family photos, playing media, printing documents) it just works as long as you're using sensible distribution like Linux Mint.
There's no reason to open the terminal unless... something breaks like you just said.
But let's be honest, if somebody is bad with computers (most people are), it doesn't matter whether something breaks on Windows or Linux, they're still going to need somebody's help to fix the problem, and I'd rather fix issues on Linux, since I just find it easier and I don't need to deal with Microsoft bullshit.
I am also from a country that English is not widely spoken, in fact most people are not able to make a simple conversation (they will tell you they know ""basic English"" though).
I still find it easier to read Wikipedia articles in English, than than understand some relatives, because they never precisely say what the fuck they want from me. One person even say such incomprehensible shit, that I am thinking their brain is barely functional.
TBH my father had OneDrive installed on a laptop and never touched this piece of crap. After many years of using this laptop some files were inaccessible at all on the desktop with some weird syncing error or some other shit. His files were lost despite of not doing anything unusual.
Fuck Microsoft and their unusable piece of crap operating system.
It might just be me, but I find articles written on Wikipedia much more easier to read than shit sometimes people write or speak to me. Sometimes it is incomprehensible garbage, or without much sense.
If they can't I'd either recommend to use Linux or buy a new computer. I wouldn't want to support "unsupported" installation of Windows 11 on "older" hardware, even if it worked perfectly fine as of now, since that would be asking for problems later.
I think at least few years ago it was much better for laptops if you cared about your laptop's battery life (on Windows). Not sure how it's nowadays, or if it works the same way on Linux.
I think in the end, if you need Chromium-based browser and want something that is supported by bigger corporation for some reason, you need to decide which company you hate more and use competitor's product.
For Lua I think it's just for the interpreted version, I've heard that LuaJIT is amazingly fast (comparable to C++ code), and that's what for example Löve (game engine) uses, and probably many other projects as well.