In a Linux distribution for a particular architecture all code is compiled to the underlying CPU architecture. Packages can also be built from source.
Proprietary software is different since it doesn't give you the freedom to build things from scratch. There are emulators, of course, but they all fundamentally suck.
If it runs Linux no need to translate anything. It's been a while since I ran Unix on a MIPS CPU but it should just work.
I would buy it. No US fed backdoors, just Chinese ones, and I'm not in China.
Looks fine to me. I'm an ordinary human just like you.
False dichotomy, so neither. Things are more work-life balancey in Europe.
Skibidy dop dop?
BSW taking 6% out of box (way more in the East) got to count for something.
https://www.debian.org/ports/mips/ supports Loongson 3 so it seems everything I'd need is in the green.