I use Pop!_OS and have had zero issues getting my Nvidia GPU to work on it, so that or a similar Linux distro that has good Nvidia driver support might be worth checking out.

I don't use Mint myself so I don't know how things are there. Thanks for clarifying.

Win10 works fine with secureboot off btw.

in the beginning I dual booted too and windows did cause some strange issues, but they disappeared when I disabled fast boot from somewhere in windows settings.

also I distrohop every now and then, and a I had trouble installing nvidia drivers a few times. on distros that earlier had no trouble at all with it. bluetooth works great on my pc, which was a pleasant surprise. I don't own a controller, but I heard that PS4 controllers work best.

all of your existing hardware may not be supported, but in the future you may want to search and check if the peripheral or component you are buying will play nice with linux if you want to move in that direction.

No prob, I hope running linux without "secure" boot is the fix you needed

lmao that's adorable.

Thanks for the reply. I got it working by forcing steam compatibility mode which i didn't even realize was off. I appreciate the help.

I appreciate the response. I fixed my current issue, but honestly I'm thinking off messing with other distros. We'll see.

Of course it's proof of concept, that was my bad. Thanks!