Stardew with mods is great on the deck. In my case getting rid of PyTK made the boot time like 20x faster. Unfortunately there are a few mods that require it.
Absolutely. Jobs are a means to an end. I fully support people finding meaning in their work but for a lot of people it's literally just do we don't starve. I don't need to make six figures+ (obviously dependent on region) to be happy. I just need to enough for food, a bed and then to not stress too much about it when I'm done. “I don't dream of laboring.”