Took the plunge and installed PopOS on an SSD. A couple of hours in #DiabloIV with no issues, running just as well as Windows. Installing some of my Steam library now, and am happy with the performance.
I don't HATE Windows like a lot of other Linux users. Part of me just wants to have games running on something that they shouldn't be. I have always liked the tinkering side of tech. But the more I use Windows 11, the more the random ads and suggestions pop up in my Start menu instead of just letting me at my system, it has just gotten to a point where my computer doesn't really feel like its mine anymore. Microsoft is encroaching on my space.
Linux at the moment is a pretty viable place for me to do 80% of my gaming now, which is what I use my PC for 99% of the time. That is a great alternative, one with 0 cost to me, and I can help add another number in favor of Linux that will force developers to truly consider supporting the platform.
So Windows will be for Game Pass and AAA blockbusters like Cyberpunk and Jedi Survivor when I want every bell and whistle as optimized as possible. For mostly everything else, I think I'll be over on Linux.
Cue to two weeks from now when something catastrophic happens and I return to Windows lol.