Yeah - fortunately I gave up gaming long ago (got too addicted and had to step away to maintain a productive healthy lifestyle). I need it for Office productivity apps, CAD and 3D slicing software, and photoshop. All of my needs are available as open-source programs, or Photopea does almost everything I need from photoshop these days lol.

So my only excuse lately has just been that I'm too lazy to make the switch since I have everything mostly setup in windows how I like it. But it wouldn't be hard to export some profiles and import them into the Linux versions of the same applications.

But windows actions lately have really pushed me towards linux - I hear they're trying to put ads into the windows 11 start menu. Its ridiculous that I now need to install third party menus and file explorers if I want to still use my operating system ad-free.

It's actually hilarious that consoles might become the new must-have gaming equipment because of this.

Kill two birds with one stone, get a Steam Deck?

You get a distro (arch) wrapped up into an excellent gaming device, and can drop into desktop mode for productivity needs. For 400 bucks, it's a pretty sweet setup, imo.

Or, if you have the machine already, certainly take advantage of the enhancements Steam has contributed to proton, and game on.

Also check out lutris, which is a game launcher and a website full of working install scripts.