Justin

This would require a government that gives a fuck about the future of it's people.

https://flathub.org/apps/net.ankiweb.Anki

Clonezilla https://clonezilla.org/

I'm curious what keeps you on IRC and stops you migrating to Matrix?

Indeed this is the fun part when compiling software. You need to find each of the packages that provide these. Depending on the distro, some provide an easy way to do this. What are you using?

I like the default look as do many others I think. As for changing the looks I'd wager most Windows users just want to change the wallpaper which is very simple.

When installing from source you need to install the build dependencies. In this case it's looking for the Qt5 or 6 development package.

What tinkering does KDE require?

Keep the defaults. Depending on the distro change to double click. That's it.

See https://kde.org/community/donations/others/ - you can do a direct money transfer.