99% of questions about libsoc theory were asked and answered 100 years ago in that one book alone haha

You’re moving the goalposts now; we were talking about an OS, not console vs PC hardware.

I play on a proper PC, not a steam deck. Of course there are going to be performance compromises on a portable device with an APU; that’s got nothing to do with the OS.

I exclusively run Linux and I play modern games all the time without issues. You just click “install” on Steam and it works 99.9% of the time; I dont even look up the game to check if it works anymore. Also, have a look at some comparisons on YouTube — some games actually run faster on Linux because there’s less bloat in the OS.

I don’t want to have to go through a lot of settings to find a way to make the game run properly

Those days are mostly gone

I vote Kate

Seconding Navidrome. I stream from my Navidrome server to my phone, and then via DLNA from my phone to my HiFiBerry / stereo system. It’s very nice.

I quite like Lexica.