If wine does not work try adding the game in steam and use proton that way.

For ppx SoftMaker is better, for Documents that have objekts can leave the paperarea (even partial) like circles i suggest using LibreOffice draw

I cant switch to something else because ii am so used to transparency layers

Then Bazzite might be interesting for you too as SteamOS is from what i got more specialised for handheld

learn how to make and recover a windows backup. Then actually make a backup. (even if you dont switch, backups are amazing)

Test some Linux systems in a VM like VirtualBox to get a feeling which OS and desktop enviroment you like the most. Maybe start with Mint, Suse Tumbleweed & Ubuntu

See which Applications you need and if they run on Linux or if you need to get an alternative (like Office -> Libreoffice/SoftMaker)

If you play games with a kernel Anticheat like Valo you have to consider running a Windows VM or to look for an alternative. If booth options are not acceptible for you then :/

Make sure you can access everything like emails & co where you might have lost the 2 factor on the VM (at least i lost access to gmail a few months ago on the switch and its an absolute pain to get access back, luckely was not my main)

Yesterday i managed to successfully host a simple html safely (its more of a network test)
The path is nginx->openwrt->router to internet Now i only need to:

• backup
• set up domain (managing via cloudflare)
• set up certificates
• properly documentbthe setup + some guides on stuff that i will repeat

and then i can throw everything i want on it :D

Absolutly me

But i think the starting OS depends on the person.

I never would give Arch to my grandmother or something but most of my siblings would be better off with arch than mint. But even then there could be poeple that would be happier with another distro that is not a rolling release