Shows you don't know much about the internet. You can trace back bouncing. And it isn't as hard as you think. The more bouncing the more chance the encrytion will get botched.

If you eventually get so you know a little about Linux, you can install the minimal system and add what you want. I like Emacs and Screen, then I install fluxbox. I have been using fluxbox for forever and never had a bit of problem with it. And then you go from there, whatever your work demands. You can still build a system that runs fine on 4G RAM and an old quad-core. If you do a lot of pictures, you might need to go to 8G. My very viable Debian system with Rat Poison and Emacs runs on 34mb of RAM at idle. Light up Dropbox and Chromium and more, 200mb or 300. Still fine for a 4G system.