You can always set up dual boot on the windows desktop. Be warned though it is a slippery slope… I did that to test it out and then just didn’t log back in to windows.

I haven’t used it for that extensively, but it has different “workbenches” for different purposes and I’ve of those is archipack for architecture. If you give it a shot let me know how it goes since I do need to plan out some home reno work myself.

I’ve been thinking of setting one up for a while, if I have a home server would I be better off hosting it on that or as a separate device? What are the alternatives to a raspberry pi? They’ve shot up in price over the years.