I have a windows 10 gaming rig hooked to my TV, which I only power up for gaming. I figured out it was a good compromise to install windows on this one instead of dealing with Nvidia issues and other tweaks on linux, even though I dual-booted bazzite and boot it every now and then to see if I can play my games on it and motivate myself into switching.
Same, I played 8 hours in two work days (this is huge for me who usually plays 8 hours a month). This game is addictive as hell
Just made the transition, couldn’t be easier. Export, import, profit
As I understand the screenshots, it looks like it is simulating a windows XP desktop but not opening actual windows or messing with the system
Second that, same plan for 2 years and very happy with it. I only host a VPN though
A Raspberry Pi with a touchscreen should be enough, I can’t think of a cheaper alternative
I’d say more than 10 years now. Computers evolved a lot more between the 90s and the 00s than between the 00s and now, my old laptop is 10 years old and it’s still perfectly running linux, and I hope it will keep running for years.
The problem is more hardware obsolescence, it’s a Acer so every part of it is slowly falling apart (keyboard, screen, battery) and OEM parts are impossible to find after all those years. I guess this problem is less important for desktop.
I think this question has been raised a few times here and I’m not aware of any “guide for dummies”.
Self-hosting is a wide topic and most of the knowledge is spread across the internet. I’d recommend going to communities like the one you just posted on, reading wikis and learning how to efficiently find information on the web. Most of the knowledge I accumulated over the years come from so many different places so I can’t think of a centralized knowledge base.
If you really want to have a handbook you can refer to you’ll have to write it yourself with your experience about your specific setup and environment.