While I can see the appeal, it would probably need what amounts to a different system, I.e. not Lemmy.

Fedora Atomic desktops, specifically Kinoite with KDE6 works well for me, and is basically unbreakable due to the way it works.

Does it expect TLS, so https:// by any chance?

You’d need basically a small server rack filled with datacenter GPUs. Expect mid to high 5 digit numbers.

But: running smaller models on a typical gaming GPU is quite doable.

And I do not use the password in any way

Sorry, what?

surely if Web Devs tell them to go pound sand, or intentionally break the site when using Google Chrome, and put a message saying, “Go to Firefox / Safari for a better experience”, that will make Google backtrack.

Riiight… User will surely do that instead of simply never visiting your site again.

Dell laptops usually have good Linux support, and they offer powerful machines, requirements and budget permitting.

What kind of machine is this, laptop? Desktop? If desktop, check the cables. Otherwise I’d switch out the drive.

What do you mean, “proprietary”? Don’t they connect via Bluetooth?

No, why? That’s capitalism for you. It’s still a US company/subsidiary, just with a German owner.

“Toastbrotmann” ist jetzt auch nicht wirklich die beste Verkleidung.

a motivated group of talented Rust OS developers could build a Linux-compatible kernel, from scratch, very quickly, with no need to engage in LKML politics

Riiight… Because those developers would always be of the same opinion… Good luck with that.

I’ve had good experiences with most modern Dell Laptops. Also Thinkpads. What’s “budget range” to you?

Reporting is done by users who voluntarily upload their system specs via
# hw-probe -all -upload

So not skewed at all…

I ran it very successfully on a RPi4 as a media center connect to the living room TV.

However, I don’t really get your plan to virtualize them on one machine. What’s the goal here?

Much better to quickly determine CPU and memory load.

I’m looking for a Debian based distro

I hate bloated distros

So… Debian?