Should also be more reliable in long run too since both are TLC

You do have a point, the SSD is known to have very slow cache that Toms and others have reported dipping the sequential to 0MB/s

One could possibly get something like TeamGroup MP44L or SN580

Clever.

Indie games and open source projects are worth paying for imo

Direct Rendering Manager. Part of Linux kernel to communicate with GPUs.

Subscriptions, subscriptions everywhere

Thoughts on Forgejo? Heard about that one for selfhosting git

Fallout 1 and 2 should definitely run on Linux even with some patches

BG1&2 I heard some success stories but haven’t tried myself

PollyMC not PolyMC (the controversial one)

Doubt the price and support would be any helpful over Steam Decks