> "I don't have a variable refresh monitor, I don't have an HDMI surround sound setup, I don't own any game pads, the only game I play is Doom 1 from 1993."

It really depends on what your GPU manufacturer is. You can't blame Linux for the shit show that nvidia releases as drivers nowadays. Game pads works fine. You are being disingenuous.

Issues on Linux exists. But, ironically, in 2022, simple things like sound, bluetooth, or even memory management works better on Linux than on my Windows laptop where I'm never sure my headset will be detected when I plug in on a daily basis.

I genuinely don't think game pads work fine even on Windows. The XInput thing really screwed it all up.

I play the latest games on my high-end GPU I sold a kidney for, watch 4K movies, use a Sony DS4 gamepad via Bluetooth, with two 4K monitors at 200% scaling and an external USB audio interface with standalone microphone and automated compression, equalization and noise cancellation setup.

You were saying?

Somehow 7.1 HDMI audio from a home theater receiver is more exotic than external USB audio.

Didn't hear anything about a variable refresh monitor.

Gsync works really well on Linux. I was playing Elden Ring the other day with it, overall a smoother experience than Windows because of Proton optimizations: https://www.ign.com/articles/valve-explains-how-it-fixed-eld...