Linux is still requiring a lot more tinkering compared to Windows

As a long time windows user who's just got a side install of Mint for funnies until.a faster drive I can dedicate to it arrives: lol, no. That's why people are laughing at them.

I use fedora and have to...

Pick a less annoying distro then, babe. I installed Steam in one click (during OS setup actually) and then logged in, enabled proton, and started using it with the games on an external drive. Literally easier than windows cuz Mint installed it with the OS and I didn't have to go to Steams website.

nVidia cards sucking thing

My 2080TI has worked flawlessly on Mint without any tinkering. Used the Nvidia driver manager thing and boom, running games. They even run at a bigger fps on average (about 10%).

Sounds like you used a specific distro and think those problems exist with every version of Linux. They do not, and there's a reason why Mint is most often the recommended distro for those unwilling to tinker

And I'm not even gonna pretend that Mint is perfect, it's not! For example my sound card just doesn't work in it despite the OS being aware of literally every aspect of it. But the issues I've had daily driving it have been LESS than daily driving windows 10 even after said win 10 install has already had years of customization and tweaking done to it.