Haha yep! Your timezone is in that danger zone where it's not wrong enough to be immediately obvious.
If you make a Windows USB install and boot into it, you should be able to run some Microsoft tools to try and repair the installation. You can search further for it, might be worth looking into if you have anything you want to access on there.
Others have commented on the process. It's easier than you think.
One thing that might confuse you at first (after successful install) is that when you change between operating systems, the system clock gets thrown off. That's because Linux and Windows interpret the system time differently (local time vs UTC).
To match Windows behaviour in Linux run:
sudo timedatectl set-local-rtc 1 --adjust-system-clock
To match Linux behaviour in Windows you will need to edit the registry, I'll leave that up to you to search.
The new app only officially supports limited distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora). The CLI isn't updated to v4 yet. You can still connect to the VPN by downloading the config files (OpenVPN or Wireguard) and connecting through, e.g., wg-quick https://protonvpn.com/support/linux-vpn-setup/
It's weird, because despite not having port forwarding on Linux I've never had any problems torrenting.
It does allow compilation and non-commercial distribution, as per the terms my comment above. If you're curious as to what disallows source code modifications, that is also contained in the terms included in my comment above.
You can not modify the source code.
you are not entitled to use or do anything with the code for any commercial or other purpose, other than review, compilation and non-commercial distribution in accordance with the terms of this license.
"review" means to access, analyse, test and otherwise review the code as a reference, for the sole purpose of analysing it for defects.
And one has a distinctive and large orange loop that clearly differentiates it.
In so far as they are both the letter X. Otherwise they share little similarities.
This is true and something to consider. There's also no app for Crunchyroll which is personally a huge downside.
It's still the best user experience and I seriously dread having to use other people's TVs now. Even major players like Samsung are seriously lacking in comparison.
DDoS mitigation seems like a cat & mouse game but compared to industries such as piracy and cheat software, the companies are constantly winning?
IMO LG TVs with WebOS are the best user experience right now.
Port forwarding is not a cover your ass privacy feature, it's a compatibility feature.
I just did a quick search and yes, Zorin OS is based on Ubuntu so it will be able to work with all the regular Ubuntu packages such as those provided by Proton VPN.