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> most online games with anti-cheat etc.

Any notable exceptions?

What's the performance like compared to the same games in a native Windows install. I tried proton several months ago and I had to go back to Windows because it wasn't even close to good enough as far as compatability goes.

I'd really love to abandon Windows as a desktop OS and just game in a VM though.

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A pretty notable example is probably BattlEye, which is used by several major FPS games [1] like Tarkov, Rainbow Six and PUBG.

They banned the use of virtual machines [2] back in 2020 and their AC solution does not work on Linux.

Valve seems to be working on it [3], though their solution might be tailored to their SteamDeck hardware instead of a generic proton fix.

[1]: https://www.battleye.com/ [2]: https://twitter.com/TheBattlEye/status/1289027672186720263?s... [3]: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/steamdeck/faq

PUBG uses EasyAntiCheat these days, rather than BattlEye.

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