I'm wondering if the best approach to going full Linux would be to copy-paste somebodies' benchmark because surely if I get a brand new purpose built PC with all the right components? I bring this up because I remember how when I was messing around with Linux mint awhile back and I had very little time the damn wireless adaptor I had wouldn't even get detected.
The steam deck would potentially be the next best thing I suppose and have a different Linux distro installed on that. Going to have to have a think about it and I'm making this thread because I wonder if there have been people who have done proper experiments on this because I do think the hardware lottery is real with Linux.
You just build a computer out of any computer parts manufactured since George W. Bush was president and install it dude. I don't understand why you've been having these endless problems for months. If it turns out your wireless adapter doesn't work you can go through the extreme ordeal of typing "wireless adapter linux" in on any website that sells electronics and buy whichever one is the top result for about $20.
That was just one example lol, as for old PC parts, I'd rather have a brand new machine I can use as my daily driver so I'm going to do my research.
It's not even 1% as big of a deal as you keep building it up to be. You can get a $100 used laptop off Amazon and do all the experiments you want on it if for some reason you can't just use your current desktop.