My main problem was just a printer. I did find a driver for Mint, and it worked flawlessly for a few days. And suddenly it stoped printing again. I tried to configure the driver, I uninstalled and reinstalled, it just does not work anymore. Getting help is difficult online because everyone seems to think much knowledge is a given, and the hints got more and more complicated until I just had no idea what I was doing. Reading up on the commands used got more and more overwhelming and intimidating, so I, at some point, just gave up. Same with gaming, if a game runs it's absolutely fine, but when it does not it's tough to find easy to understand documentation how to fix it.
I won't give up, but I reinstalled Windows 11 on my main PC again. Mint runs on my laptop that I use occasionally. Linux has come a long way, and it's amazing how the usability improved over the years, but, at least for me, it's not quite there yet. But until Windows 12 comes out I'm pretty sure it will improve much further, until then Win11 has to do. My first step is taken.
Thank god I'm not the only one. I was convinced it was me! i used Mint for two months, and when everything works it's good, but the second you encounter a problem it becomes a nightmare.
I checked recommended builds in gaming magazines, compared them over two months, swapped parts until I was pretty sure it fit my needs. I posted it here for a last sanity check then, and swapped out the PSU after that. Everything else was fine.
Also read tests regularly, and more than once for the same parts. There are some great testing sites out there.
For me the time I took paid off, in the end the PC was perfectly tailored to my needs.
It's not even the worst. If Epic goes down, you have lost everything. If Steam goes down you have lost everything. If Gog goes down you have lost nothing (because you have a backup I hope).
I had no idea it was a solo project, but now that you mention it, yes, it's written big on the cover :) And yes, the lineup, the choir, the stage props, I just love it!
That's impressive, but in the end there is only one question:
Can it run Crysis?