> As to why the switch back, I couldn't use a VM, as most of the stuff didn't yet support the ahead of LTS kernel I was using, and I needed that for hardware stability.

Did you know that Windows VMs work quite well in KVM and Gnome Boxes is a nice GUI to just install and run a Windows VM? Just asking, because for me it's the first time i'm not using VMWare or Virtualbox but still have the Windows VM for the occasional Windows-only software (but honestly, not like i do lots of stuff within Windows).