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!

Ventoy with all the distro LiveUSB images you want to try on it. You should be able to configure them as if they're installed, unless you have to reboot. If your issues are hardware based, you'll have a tough time doing anything useful on VMs. If you find you have to reboot to do anything, you're probably going to want to actually install it. But you should get an idea of how things will go with a distro by doing this.

Thanks so much seriously. This is great

I know. That's why the live usbs are a life saver. I really just use the live usb to test everything out.

oh are you using secure boot? my condolences

There comes a time where it goes from frustrating to fun if you keep at it. You'll snap into it and be like, "I know how to fix this!" or other times you'll be furiously searching the web for your answer. I don't think you'll regret Pop!_OS. I started there and have been distro-hopping ever since. A lot is set up right out of the box in Pop.

Just sit back and work on one issue at a time until it works. Check into and learn how to setup Timeshift (basically system restore), you may thank yourself later. Though, Debian is pretty damn hard to break without actively trying to break it.

They just need to learn how YaST works and it's done mostly. They won't even need terminal for anything. I installed openSUSE Leap on my sister's PC and she's using it without any problems for quite some time (Though gotta admit installing Xbox controller driver was a hassle, maybe it's not like that for Tumbleweed). She previously used Manjaro, Pop!_OS, and Mint and she had problems with all. Leap is pretty much perfect. (Let me put nazar amulet here 🧿)