I've been running some variant of Linux sine the mid 90's. I started with a Slackware CD from the back of a Linux book from the bookstore.

I usually use Linux as a server system and on occasion used it as my main desktop, especially when I was developing and compiling ROMs for my LG G3 phone and Asus Tablet.

Though I kept having to switch back to dreaded windows because of some app or another that I couldn't get to run under wine/crossover/ or decently on vmware.W
It has now come to the point and I happen to also have a powerful enough computer that vmware can handle the couple of Windows dependent apps.

I also bought myself a really nice high-end PC for the game room that runs all my Steam games and my Flight Simulator. So, yup, it's time to dive back into good old kUbuntu on the desktop!

A couple of questions though, I use Macrium Reflect on all my Windows PC's It has work great for me and saved my butt a few times. I know there is a way to use rsync and to automate/script dd to do nightly backups. I am FAR from a proficient but I do work well with CLI when needed. Is there either a GUI/HowTO out there that will give me a good backup solution? Digging through the package manager can be a bore and I don't trust google these days, it's all paid ads/reviews and "influencer" videos. IIRC correctly there were a couple of popular backup apps, but it has been so long I forgot their names. Have mercy, I'm old!

Another thing I do run on 'doze is TClock, it is a REALLY nice configurable tray clock. Uses standard % replacements to get the fields I want (local time, pacific time or Zulu time depending on my need, data - in loooong format, hehe and system uptime). Does the KDE clock have this ability? Another app like it? I'll try TClock with wine, but not sure if it will replace the default kde tray.

I use WinStep Extreme, but there is Plank and a few others that fill that need. I use CopyQ as my clipboard manger (I like it better than the default) - it has *nix and mac versions, Thunderbird for my mail - so we are good there. kUbuntu has chrome and firefox. Cura has a Linux version. Essentially the only apps I use that are dependent on Windows are my AutoDesk apps.

For gaming and VR I have the game room pc and my wife has her VR and PC hooked to the big tv in the living room.

I guess I've got no exscuse to be "goofing off" with games now that I'm switching to Linux for the main working pc. (Shhhh, yeah yeah, I know there ARE Linux games. I'll pretend ignorance, lol)