Don’t take the medication your doctors are giving you (they are trying to kill your girlfriend)!

If you have plenty of storage I would do it. Some wine applications love to stall my system and a large swap helps a bunch.

I’d have a swap file that is 2x your memory.

Most people in the Linux community are none of the above.

Like the no default dark mode for websites? I just use the Dark Reader extension.

Is this a copypasta?

I get where you’re coming from, really. I’ve been disappointed by Linux for years with the learning curve and random errors that no one can help with. I’d take a long break from anything server related and then once you think your ready to come back, go watch some videos that give you inspiration like Techno Tim. Try to make a game plan and stick to it. Use standard stuff like Debian and Proxmox for software and to get a head start try this. Wish you all the best mate.

Denaro