"Are we so desperate that we're falling for a trickless magician!? [...] What's his latest trick? 'I'm in a box and I ain't gonna eat!' That's not a trick, that's called 'Living in the Projects'!"
I suppose it depends on what you mainly use the PC for. The things Linux can't do these days are few and far between; basically some online multiplayer (depending on what anticheat they employ) and specialized/professional stuff that goes out of its way to not be compatible, like Adobe suite etc. The desktop environments are intuitive enough for any Windows user, too.
Personally I'd go for a distro like Ubuntu or some Arch derivative, both have an insane amount of documentation and know-how accumulated online so it's likely that you'll find answers to all your questions, and KDE for the desktop environment (or XFCE if you're really short on system resources).
These are all Valve not selling their own games outside Steam, their own storefront. Does Epic sell Fortnite anywhere else?
Metro Exodus' publisher is Deep Silver. Epic, a storefront, paid through the nose to get exclusivity on distributing someone else's product. At the last minute.
"Outdated mission structure" just triggered something in me. Last gta I bought was 4. Got fed up with "new mission: drive to this faraway place and do difficult thing, if you fail restart from the beginning of the driving bit". I abandoned 4 at that one mission where I had to lay siege to a skyscraper under construction and I kept losing the shootout and had to drive back there again. Kinda stopped playing, lost interest and never went back since.Edit: just remembered that there was a mod to add save-anywhere to the game, I even tried that but couldn't get it to work and that's where I gave up.
Maybe it's just me but I can't recall any occasion where Valve said "hey devs, here's a pile of money but you're not allowed to sell your game outside Steam", have any examples in mind?
In my case it'd be "pay but still not win", it's a skill issue unfortunately