I would have called myself insane five years ago too!

Yeah, jumping to Linux could help a bit. I did that a couple of years ago, but that was more because I couldn't upgrade to Win 11 on my almost a decade old PC. Now I'm glad I couldn't upgrade to Win 11 haha.

I had a laptop with Win 11 tho but I never got used to it and don't want AI and shit in any of my computers so I jumped over to Linux on that to.

Maybe Steam will save the day with the Steam Cube? Isn't that pretty much a normal gaming PC?