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>Ok, go ahead: Disable that network adapter without deleting it.
Sure. It's easy as.
>disable turbo boost and keep your processor at max base clock
Sure. It's easy as.
>Put HWInfo in that system tray, I'll wait.
Sure. I can display all kinds of information and customise how I like to see it: text, charts, even the labels.
>Cool, go and install slightly older productivity program with a GUI, say Gimp 2.8.22 or Audacity from 2017, *without* running into dependency hell and on the latest version of your distro. I'll wait.
Sure. Here's Gimp 2.8.22 running on Linux in 2025. Which is doubly funny because unlike Windows 7, Gimp 3.0 actually works on this thing.
>I do mean those Windows-exclusive programs that one unfortunately requires to participate in society
Are you going to name any of these programs that work on Windows 7 but not Linux?
>You can’t just “switch” without re-learning some things
For me, Linux has been a drop-in replacement for Windows. Everything you are saying is 10 years outdated at MINIMUM, and some of your information has been outdated since the NINETIES.