> I will need Microsoft and Adobe for work, and will use a different computer
when I need their programs.
you can use rdesktop to connect remotely if you prefer, as long as they're
not too graphics-intensive programs. enable the "Remote Terminal Service" on
the windows machine and you can work remotely. i used it once over a VPN -
it was slow but allowed me to access the machine.
> The volunteer aspect is cool, but like you said our community can only
count on that so much.
... that's why selling hardware works. with hardware it's clear that the
"exchange equal to value" has to happen. which i mention here
https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop/updates/feedback-from-backers
in a bit more depth, hope you don't mind everyone, i referred to the
conversation here :)