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Steam has made most games compatible, nvidia has a proper driver, and amd drivers are built in and you don't need to do anything at all. Honestly at this point, Linux is easier to install apps and keep apps updated than Windows. You are 100% right about what already comes on the laptop, and that's why they do it. Its called monopolizing.
That sounds good maybe in a couple of years I'll when I get a new laptop I'll put Linux on my old one to turn it into a home server and backup computer
Some games like Elden ring were even more performant for me on Linux than windows because of shader caching with proton