[peterhil]

The third option is to install some Linux like Ubuntu or Linux Mint on it.

It is nowadays actually easier to install Ubuntu Linux than a Windows. Just be sure to back up your data to an external hard drive, and restore it from there after the install.

[stronglikedan]

> The third option is to install some Linux like Ubuntu or Linux Mint on it.

Unfortunately, some of us have to be able to actually get work done in our corporate environments.

[godman_8]

I wish. There’s still no distro that works well with my 9950X3D + RTX 5080. It’s usually Nvidia’s fault for not playing well with Wayland though.

[WD-42]

This is literally my exact build. I'm using Arch Linux with Gnome + Wayland, it works perfectly.

[specproc]

Yeah, I had so many Nvidia/wayland issues that totally evaporated on moving to Arch. I guess that's the benefit of rolling.

[WD-42]

It helps to use software and drivers written after your hardware came into existence.

[Jackson__]

Ubuntu/Linux Mint are actually the worst, for the simple reason that when I tell it to install to a specific, completely empty drive, it will still insert its bootloader onto a completely different drive for absolutely no reason(except it being earlier in the boot order). Absolutely baffling design choice.