No it's not?

??? this isn't how this works. If you're trying to make an account on Beehaw, go sign up for one. If you want to access Beehaw with your existing account, you're already doing that right now. Really not understanding what this post hopes to accomplish

I tried PopOS but had several issues immediately, including the display flickering despite updating my Nvidia driver. Other than that it just felt like a somewhat worse Ubuntu to me, so I quickly went back to Ubuntu

No, it's automated via Patreon as well.

I'll be in Germany next month, so I'll have to try out Transportr