Damn. Any ways to apply pressure against this as an average citizen?

A note about the package manager: Mint, and most other distros have a GUI software centre. Kinda like an app store. So you can search for an app there, find it, and install it.

Linux mint also comes with flatpak but apps installed from the software centre default to the .deb version.

Correct me if I’m wrong but I don’t think Canada is currently selling any more weapons to Israel. The government had sent money in the past (Under Trudeau I think) but nothing under Carney.