If anything, Linux gives you far more control over those things and it’s usually much easier to do than in Windows.

I’ve been using Bazzite for gaming for over a year now and it’s great. It is immutable though, so while you can do just about anything you can do in other distros, the process can be different.

I’ve seen a lot of people suggesting CachyOS lately for gaming, if you want something that isn’t immutable.