EndeavourOS - I jumped around distros a lot but always found myself coming back to arch. Then I found Endeavour which is just arch with the same basic setup I would always end up doing, so out of convenience I stuck with it

There’s also the thing

I don’t get why people like you constantly think that “ignoring” rising authoritarianism and fascism is the solution

Follow the viva new Vegas guide. It’s allowed me to play on modern systems with minimal issues. Still the odd crash on occasion but it’s rare

Most MMOs should be fine. Off the top of my head the games that don’t work because of anti cheat are Destiny, CoD, and the Riot games (League and Valorant)

In my experience, Linux has been superior for older games because proton (the compatibility layer that makes windows game work on Linux) has a ton of old windows components packed in that are broken on modern windows.

The main issue people have these days are with newer multiplayer games and anti-cheat not playing nice with proton.

Modding can also be a bit of a hurdle if you’re into that sort of thing, but with a bit of work it’s doable.