Shower Thoughts

I have not ever run into this "mess" you refer to, but maybe we have different metrics for what is considered a "mess". It also probably helps a great deal that a vast majority of my games are on steam, the next most being all the free games from Epic, and a few on the other major platforms from free games on Prime Gaming.

I play gamepass games via the browser. I understand that this is probably the sticking point for many people who would like to install those games locally instead.

Basic personal computer stuff is no more or less difficult on any modern linux distro than it would be on Windows, except that if a person is used to windows they might need to learn new muscle memory and application names.

I encourage anyone who cares to try to check out Linux. The old "Linux is only free if your time is worthless to you" half-joke isn't really applicable these days-- most distros marketed widely work out of the box, as do most basic "personal computer" type actions.