I found out the hard way that Linux is not a dad-friendly gaming OS

Pop-OS is great. As long as you avoid the "wine" only games. Been using it for over 5 years. still have video driver issues every now and then

I don't get it. I thought everyone knew this. I _especially_ thought older folks, dad-aged, knew this. you don't run linux for games.

Introducing children under the age of, say, 15 or so, to video games should be considered child abuse. Nothing good can come of it.