It’s not a simple one to one. Everyone’s use case and experience is different. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all in on the FOSS train and I don’t approve of Microsoft’s direction with Windows but it’s still a consistently hassle-free experience compared to Linux for people who just don’t wanna deal with distros, terminals, repositories or compatibility layers.

Well done mate! You are not alone!

Always online with kernel-level anti-cheat has a tendency to not work, but that is probably a red flag since there are thousands of different games you can play that don’t snoop around ring-0

If this offer still stands: What info do you need?

$ uname -a
Linux bleistift2-Nitro-AN517-41 5.15.0-130-generic #140-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 18 17:59:53 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ inxi -Fazy
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-130-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15.0-130-generic
    root=UUID=b284e9a4-a08c-4e5b-afa2-680e8254cd31 ro quiet splash
  Desktop: Cinnamon 6.0.4 tk: GTK 3.24.33 wm: muffin vt: 7
    dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Nitro AN517-41 v: V1.08
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: CZ model: Scala_CAS v: V1.08 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: Insyde v: 1.08 date: 07/21/2021
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Zen 3 family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0xA50000C
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
    L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1304 high: 1756 min/max: 1200/3300 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1756 2: 1197
    3: 1563 4: 1196 5: 1397 6: 1397 7: 1196 8: 1197 9: 1396 10: 1395 11: 1197
    12: 1196 13: 1197 14: 1197 15: 1198 16: 1197 bogomips: 105400
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104M [GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile / Max-Q 8GB/16GB]
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia v: 550.120
    alternate: nvidiafb,nouveau,nvidia_drm pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
    off: HDMI-A-1 empty: none bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:249c
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: AMD Cezanne vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: amdgpu
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none off: eDP-1 empty: none bus-ID: 05:00.0
    chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Quanta HD User Facing type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-3:3
    chip-ID: 0408:a061 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu,ati,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa
    gpu: nvidia,amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x318mm (20.0x12.5")
    s-diag: 599mm (23.6")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-1-0 res: 1920x1200 hz: 60 dpi: 94
    size: 518x324mm (20.4x12.8") diag: 611mm (24.1")
  OpenGL: renderer: RENOIR (renoir LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.42 5.15.0-130-generic)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.3 direct render: Yes
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 38.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 360 Uptime: 7m wakeups: 1 Memory: 14.97 GiB
  used: 2.28 GiB (15.2%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Packages: apt: 2494 lib: 1289 flatpak: 0
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.13