My main desktop is an ageing i72600k running Windows 7. It's still fast but I wanted something that could boot from nvme, have more modern USB 3.1/3.2 and not f

My main desktop is an ageing i72600k running Windows 7. It's still fast but I wanted something that could boot from nvme, have more modern USB 3.1/3.2 and not full of security holes. But thing is, I don't want to move to Win 10/11. As a test I installed 64 bit Void Linux Musl on an old AMD A8 6500 using the (VERY CRAPPY) built in GPU and a PCIe to m.2 for a 500GB NVMe SSD. Installed flatpack and Steam and was playing Half Life 2, albeit at lower resolution and framerate. Cities: Skylines also just worked but had to drop graphics. I didn't have to tweak any config files or compile drivers. Then I installed some Proton flatpack and got some Windows games running like Two Point Hospital. Skyrim and amusingly but not unexpectedly, Crysis, fail to run. Though at least the skyrim loader window flashes for a brief second. Though everything else is solid otherwise. This was all very painless and I thought some fringe setup like Void Musl sans systemd would be a no go for gaming but it was quite simple thanks to flatpack dragging in all the dependency and out of the box AMD GPU support. Though it's not perfect. I still have issues with mounting ntfs disks and audio bugs: I lose audio in firefox and while browsing, anything which may trigger audio to play like a video generates a loud pop. Those are annoying and frustrating. Previously I was running Linux Mint which was always buggy in some way so every distro has its quirks. Lastly, Game makers: Please support Linux! I no longer wish to surrender my computer to Microsoft (No to Win 11). I have a 16 core Thread Ripper coming in with 64GB of ECC RAM and a 1TB NVME plus my GTX 1060 which is likely getting Void Linux installed. As far as I am concerned, the year of the Linux desktop is here. Though it lags behind Windows in terms of "ease of use" but it's getting there.