I'm happy GNU/Linux user for many years and I don't remember when was the last time I had to do those kind of things. Choose a mature/stable distro and that is

I'm happy GNU/Linux user for many years and I don't remember when was the last time I had to do those kind of things. Choose a mature/stable distro and that is it. Be prepared to trade a bit of convenience for privacy in case of weird/non-free hardware/firmware.