@wrath0110 @Endof10 If it is about Retrogaming, there is Batocera, a specialized Linux-Distro for exactly that. More current games are more likely an issue. But It's mostly about Anticheat. Other options are modding Anything Ubuntu or Nobara. Or, if you are techy enough, Arch Linux. Steam works on And Desktop Linux quite fine. And the Steamdeck effectively runs an Arch Linux. So, its a Matter of comfort with initial configuration. At the end it will work either way. A Windows VM is only an Option, if you really need (means no proper replacement Option, whichbos really rare in the meantime) a Software, which doesn't run with wine, no matter how hard you try. If you have one or two of the problematic Games, I would keep a dual boot Windows-Linux.