If you want to repair your computer, look at the specs of RAM first. If it's LPDDR then you know it's not gonna be repairable because it would be soldered. If it's DDR the computer might be good to repair and upgrade.
Laptop tends to be harder to repair in general. Those who can be repaired tend to be costly.
If you want to know if it can be repaired and to what extent, connect to a VPN in France and browse the models. They are required by law to display a repairability index so you know how much of your laptop can be replaced and how easily. The higher the number, the better.
My recommendation would be to buy a Dell or a Thinkpad. Those things perform well and tend to last longer, even when they tend to be costly when new. MSI is a shitshow, don't fall for their laptop scam.
If you want to limit or stop the wiretapping go for a Linux distro (Zorin for anything or Nobara for gaming) rather than Windows.
Syncthing to sync files across devices, it's really handy
Firefox for browsing
OnlyOffice, it has a more modern interface than LibreOffice and better support of .***x files (docx, xlsx, pptx, ...)
Thunderbird for mail services
FileZilla if you've got a ftp server
KDE connect to easily sync your phone and your PC. You can do more than sync, you can control one from the other, etc. Give it a go. There is also a fork called Zorin Connect which might or might not be better suiter for Mint.
For additional softwares that may or may not be useful to you : Krita, GIMP, TexStudio, konsole, Blender, wine, steam, proton-GE.
If you look at what he did to everyone who surrounded him, made Chase a paraplegic, bullied Wilson and Cuddy unrelentlessly, drove a car through Cuddy's living room, made Foreman a lesser doctor than he was destined to be, was part of the reason cutthroat bitch dies, not forgetting the misdiagnosis and the general attitude, yeah... He was the villain of the show
Let's just not forget that those dogs are also trained to smell exposives which can be a cool thing not to have aboard an airplane.
Then those dogs, in airport and in police settings, are correctly cared for. And even if acab, these dogs aren't tools of fascism.