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BZZZZZZZZZZZT I'm sorry but that answer was not correct. Next player!
Seriously try some of the other distros and you'll have a much more pleasant experience. I already recommended Tumbleweed in another reply but man, anything but Arch is gonna be an improvement for somebody trying to make the switch from Windows gaming for the first time.
Yeah, I use TW and it just works. I game on it with no issues.
Indeed. I haven't run into a modern game that it can't handle. The only thing it has struggled with that I play is old Command & Conquer titles, but that's a Proton issue.
Idk, I think Gentoo and Void would be worse for a new user. But yeah, most other distros will be more new user friendly. Bazzite has a great new user experience, for instance