Winblows 10 did the exact same bitlocker crap to my best friend and attorney.
jjlinux
My case is the other way around. I look for software in the store, and if I can't find it, then I install from the terminal, but I always update (and remove) from terminal. I'm a diehard Gnome user, but this will certainly make me move to something else.
Now, in flatpak's defense, it's great to keep browsers away from my system, as well as some other inconsequential apps that have no business integrating with my system. I like flatpak's for these use cases. Everything else, I need my RPMs.
For example, Apple has cared about their developers as customers.
Only if by "customers" you are referring to how they constantly find new ways to fuck you over.
All I have to say is: welcome, good luck and have fun.
It is no riskier than any other reverse proxy or tunneling app. If you follow good opsec, you should be fine. In truth there is no bulletproof way to avoid intrusion, so do the best you can without completely doing away with convenience.
Gnome. Love how it just gets out of the way and let's me do whatever I want without interruptions.
Have enough of it, it might get some parts wet.
Stop. Water drowns people. Let's do beer instead.
ElGato is famous for just not working on Linux.
I converted our whole congregation to Linux, and we use a BlackMagic ATEM for streaming over OBS:
https://www.amazon.com/Blackmagic-Design-Switcher-High-Speed-10-Pack/dp/B087D7FLBG/
At first we started with a cheap single input capture card and it worked great:
I fail to understand the question mark at the end of your sentence.