u/Finalist1

I have a laptop of mine that's a birthday gift and is still on the Product Warranty period, it's pretty good and stuff, but I feel uncomfortable using Windows because I don't like the spying and they'll implement OS age verification next year (which I refuse to do cuz I don't wanna give this kind of data to bigtechs). I know how to dual boot, I know how to download Linux Mint, I already watched some guides and stuff, but the thing I fear is the family issue, aka my female progenitor. She says she knows computer stuff better than me, but took 3 days to fail to uninstall portmaster from my device (she claimed it is a trojan) while I took 30 minutes of research and 2 actual minutes to uninstall. Knowing she was pissed because I downloaded a trustworthy firewall app, used hardened Firefox instead of Chrome (she claims Firefox is unsafe and abandoned), and trusted "online influencer scumbags" (aka Proton, Safing, and Mozilla cuz I wanted less spying to no spying), I'm shitting my pants when it comes to the Linux Mint thing. I say this cuz if she finds out I dual booted my laptop, I'm absurdly cooked.

If you guys have any tips about how to make the Linux Mint installation safe to dual boot, gimme some, please.

Currently preparing for Elite 4 on Ace Mode with Ace level caps. I bought 2 kubfus to get both urshifu forms, and this fella got this thing I assume is Pokerus. I don't really know if something about Pokerus was changed in Elite Redux or if it is something else, but I guess it's rare and worth keeping (don't judge the atrocious EV spread, I didn't finish it yet).