Depends on your CPU
absolutely. some cpu can draw more than the 180 watts of a 5060ti, even without actual ‘overclocking’, all by themselves when boosting their own clock (such as intel’s “turbo power”). even a ‘65 watt’ ultra 7 265 can get up to that.
go through their list of games on protondb to see if linux would be a good fit, it might not be, depending on their library.
you’ve got a nice ‘short list’ of distributions to evaluate. i’d recommend setting each up yourself on a spare system to see how ‘point and click’ they are in setting-up, running, and updating the games they play.
also keep in mind the more hoop-jumping and manual configurations you need to do, the greater the chance of something breaking–like during os or wine-related updates. those kinds of issues are the ones your friend will be relying on you to fix for them so you definitely want to minimize the chances of that happening.
four-day work weeks are great. guaranteed one day off M-F to get to appointments and other stuff that has to be done ‘during the day, during the week’… but the biggest bonus, perhaps, is one less day commuting each week; that’s 20% less time and expense traveling to-and-from work.
he doesn’t have one. if he was never in office, never ran for office, never was on tv, never was the ‘face’ of an ‘international brand’, and never was a public figure…perhaps. but the bar for him because he is those things is extraordinary high, and this ain’t even close.