I've been running Pop_OS as the only OS for my desktop for several months. I really like it. Other than a couple adjustments on where to find things, it really was a smooth transmission. You can change the placement of a lot of elements in the settings, so be sure to poke around there to make it more like you are used to. I use mostly Steam/Proton, and it has not failed me yet. The only thing I use Lutris for is Satisfactory on Epic Games, but that also runs great.

I've been using Pop for a few years. I purchased a System76 laptop and decided to give it a spin since it was already installed. There's a lot of I like about, and overall appreciate System76's effort. It's very stable, works flawlessly with Lutris, and the Pop store is a refreshing take on package management. Ive continued using it since at this point I'm just settled in on my OS and don't want to bother setting anything else up lol.

That said, I'm still a much bigger fan of KDE over gnome and gnome derivatives. Pop lacks a lot of UI customization I'd really like to have. There's also only two themes,( and im not particularly interested in learning how to replace is manually).

I am looking forward to trying out their next iteration of the Cosmic DE though. The previews look awesome and it would be a big step forward for Pop.

Hey, another Battle for Middle Earth fan!

I actually keep a Windows dual boot specifically for BFME online play (since BFME only works singleplayer on Linux). It's been making a comeback recently, there were 51 people online (!!! New record) just this Sunday. We played 3v3s, 4v4s, FFAs, you name it. Was a lot of fun 😄

In any case, check out the 2.22 launcher; even for offline play, it's got built-in support for a lot of mods and plugins, and runs decently under Linux: https://www.moddb.com/mods/battle-for-middle-earth-patch-222/downloads/patch-222