I’m currently using pop os with an etc 3070, and I haven’t noticed any major issues. I had some weird glitches on fedora because they use the open source driver by default, but using the proprietary Nvidia driver is totally usable. I even got ray tracing working on cyberpunk 2077

Dang, that’s wild. there is some insane malware out there

How come no speakers? Is it to prevent your ears from being blasted just in case, or is there malware that can be transmitted through audio?