If that malfunctioning drive was not encrypted you need to break out some heavy tools tool ensure that data is destroyed.

If by heavy tools, you mean a screwdriver and an angle grinder, then yeah, but it’s not that hard in reality.

I don’t encrypt my entire drive, but I do have encrypted directories for my sensitive data. If I did encrypt an entire drive, it would only be the drive containing my data not the system drive.

You don’t need a PDF editor to create PDF’s, you can print to PDF in any program that can print, including LibreOffice Writer.

Yes. I’m genuinely unsure how it could be any easier. It’s just add the repo and install.

It can be much easier to install a PPA than using the command line to do so. I think it’s high time it was as easy as clicking on a (verified) “install this repo” type button on a page, and confirming, entering your sudo password from the launchpad website. I’d even be OK with building it into Discover.

You realize your computer won’t work without scripts, don’t you? And if you want your computer to do something it doesn’t do on its own, a simple script will make it do what you want. If that is your definition of sucking, then you need to go back to Windows, which is also loaded with scripts, by the way, so that sucks too.

I think AppImages suck as well, but this is not a reason for my dislike. A simple script that you can run on startup will fix that problem.