Thanks for your recommendation on another distro to try out. I’ll have a look at it.
I have fundamentally switched to Linux as of one year (I dualboot Windows and Linux but pretty much am in Linux most of the time).
The games
I don’t play games with kernel-mode anti-cheat requirements such as Valorant or Genshin Impact.
I play Minecraft Java Edition, a few Windows games via Steam, Counter Strike 2 and Roblox mainly.
Minecraft Java Edition is natively supported, and works via custom launchers as well (but I don’t use mods so I am perfectly fine with the official launcher). Counter Strike 2 is natively supported as well, but it runs as slow as molasses. Probably my GPU being way too old, but I have never tested Windows performance.
The Windows games via Steam work fantastic. I have no benchmarks but my Windows games feel much smoother on Linux than they ever did on Windows. (same goes for Minecraft too, though it doesn’t run via Proton)
Roblox is the only giant headache, it added some anti-cheat and has blocked Linux players from playing even via Wine. I don’t play Roblox much anyways anymore, but it still sucks.
The hardware
I have a Pascal series NVIDIA GPU, which doesn’t support the open source NVIDIA kernel modules and also is pretty limited by Nouveau.
The proprietary driver is fine; I play via Wayland (but most games technically run in XWayland), and can get 60 FPS easily with optimised settings.
The main problem are the proprietary modules - since release 550 there is a non-zero chance that the kernel modules can cause a kernel panic. It was so bad in 550 for me that I had to stop using the modules and driver. As of 555, it is far better, but shutdowns can cause a kernel panic and it rarely it can crash even without a shutdown.
TL;DR - Gaming as a whole is better, except for the shitty companies blocking Linux or not supporting it properly.
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For Minecraft Java Edition, Prism Launcher is great, reputable, and has a flatpak!
Yes
I am having a good experience with linux.
Though i neever had an bad experience with windows but by my nature i have to try new things.
With linux what i like mostly is the constant improvement that is happening.and maybe privacy is a big reason for many users but for me that was not the case does not mean I dont want privacy but.
That can be reached with local dns pihole and opting out of stuff and also striping down windows but the thing i like was the approch.
And to be frank i like that something is open-source and does not ask constantly please use me edge please use please use me this thing.
This yt’r compared 4 os’ gaming. What a legend. Windows 11 sadly looks like is winning, but amongst the linux distros not much difference 
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