Indeed, I mixed up DRM and anti-cheat. On one hand, it's really annoying, but on the other hand it's really not the genre of games I play, so I wouldn't be bothered with any of this.
I think Diablo IV and maybe even the Battle.NET launcher. for example, won't work on Linux at all, won't they?
I understand cloud gaming works well, and I agree that it might be a very good alternative for the Steam Deck. However, it's not a viable first option with a powerful enough desktop - I've bought such a machine to be able to play on it, not to stream to it. Besides, my backlog of games is already large enough that I shouldn't require an unlimited library of new games!
I'm a little used to Linux - a lot less than I am to Windows - and the idea would be to dive deeper into it. So I'm not ready for Arch yet, but Vanilla is too restrictive. And Chimera seems to be a "couch" OS, made to be used with a controller on a TV, so I don't think it's the best option either?
That's exactly the kind of feedback I wanted to have, thank you! I don't think I play any game in your list, or any game that use of anti-cheat (most of the games I play are solo games anyway), which tends to suggest that I might be the kind of gamer that would be able to switch without too much to look back to.
Do you know how comparable is the performance between Linux and Windows?