The aggregate info is public, but valve can tie it to individual users.

...What are you talking about?

Tim Corey on YouTube has excellent beginner C# material. I would start there.

+1 on lower tier Intel CPU mini PC. I have a slew of different boxes by Beelink, Intel, and Asus. The N95 box I bought from Beelink (basically an N100) has been one of the most impressive for being so low power, and yet handling the wealth of services I've been running on it (with a lot of overhead yet).

So in terms of DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), Linux already has Bitwig, Reaper, Arour, LMMS, and possibly others. Personally, I find the bigger issue comes from plugin developers (the DAW is your main program, and you add your sounds/effects through plugins). Most companies are not delivering anything Linux native. Many of these plugins can be bridged with compatibility software, and will work fine that way. However, most of these plugins now are also using their own install/activation software center, and they are often a nightmare in Linux.

Music production is the one thing I currently keep a windows mini PC around for these days. It's not impossible to make the transition to Linux, but the last thing I want when pursuing a creative endeavor is technical software challenges holding me up.

The OP ruled out zig and rust already

The "down" was definitely edited after the fact.

It's a bad choice to have choice?

Avalonia and Uno Platform if you are working with C#

C# is great. VS is fine, but being bolted to Windows is no go for me. Rider all the way.

This used to feel true until Amazon Sidewalk happened.

Tiny correction: Fedora uses DNF now, not yum (possibly RHEL too, but I have no experience there)