So you keep using Windows to be able to install rootkits?

I had one Samsung Bar fail after two years, the second one still works.

At the moment I’m using a Philips Moon Edition USB stick but only since February. Can’t speak for long term usage and didn’t do any benchmark but I’m happy so far and the form factor would meet your criteria.

Finally an article that mentions the affected apps.

Jup, built a new pc last year and went with a Ryzen 7600. The next CPU will be whatever has the best price to performance ratio of the last gen my mobo supports.

I use Wayland/Plasma6 with a 6800xt and it just works out of the box (OpenSuse TW)