I liked Pop OS when it was a modern release, but since they’re putting all of their resources into creating their own desktop environment Cosmic, they haven’t actually updated their OS significantly since April of 2022.

I use Manjaro for gaming which is pretty user friendly and Arch based like Steam OS. Gaming on Linux means that you’re going to be using the windows gaming emulator Proton, developed by Steam. While Proton works well on pretty much any distribution you’d think to use, I think it works a bit better on Arch distributions because they’re of the same family as the OS that Proton was designed for (Steam OS).

It’s also pretty easy to install proprietary Nvidia drivers on Manjaro.

Either way, you should also install:

https://davidotek.github.io/protonup-qt/

As it is a very easy user interface that allows you to install alternate versions of Proton that may work better.

You’re also going to want to bookmark:

https://www.protondb.com/

As that is the backbone of troubleshooting gaming on Linux.

Welcome to the Linux community!

If they forego their “whataboutism” then they’d actually have to stand for something which is against their Weekend Warrior code of honor.

Sounds like you operated a small business that unfortunately went belly up because of the recent economic turmoil. What were you, CEO?