The Distros mentioned in the article are meant to be used without changing anything else…
If you meant Arch, I agree with your concern. But Arch isn’t designed for beginners in the first place. It was designed to be built.
Any operating system would break if you tinking too much about how it was built. In Windows, if you mess with regedit too much, it’ll start to misbehave or worse, Blue Screen…
Why Linux is Best for Most People (medium.com)
Ransomware Awareness Part 3— Fixing (medium.com)
Ransomware Awareness Part 2 — Prevention (medium.com)
Ransomware Awareness Part 1 — Identification (medium.com)