Just out of curiosity, what distro did you go with? I last gave Linux desktop a try about a decade ago (Ubuntu IIRC) and found it still not quite there, but I'm willing to give it another shot so I'd be curious what you had success with.
I ended up going with Nobara which is a Fedora-based distro focused around gaming, so it automates and deals with the typical driver issues and proton setup. Ended up being perfect for everything I need.
