Same here. Everything worked pretty much right out of the box with Nobara. And my total linux experience in the last decade is running Mint on my work laptop the last 3 months. I tried to switch over to linux gaming in the late 00s, but it was far too much work then. I spent more time getting X3 to work then I ever did playing it. Completely different experience these days.

Is it actually illegal? Has anyone in the US ever been charged for selling digital software they had legally acquired?

You can get new WD drives for ~18usd/Tb. https://www.westerndigital.com/products/internal-drives/wd-red-sata-hdd?sku=WD60EFAX

I wouldn’t mess with older drives unless they were less than half the price. In that case set them up raid 1 and send it.

I think “Who is still using them?” is a better question.

Be the change you want to see. Crowdsource a license, crack it, and set it free