Yes, but you do not have to go that far to get a fanless desktop. I have an Intel NUC running Linux (debian). About 5 years ago I replaced the case with a fan

Yes, but you do not have to go that far to get a fanless desktop. I have an Intel NUC running Linux (debian). About 5 years ago I replaced the case with a fanless case (Akasa). It took very little time, there was just some screws and a cable to attach the USB ports. The original case with fan was not particularly noisy. But it is just so much more relaxing working or reading without the fan.