initially i chose Linux because Windows on my laptop was way too sluggish. eventually, me and my family made a definite move to Linux because of the continuous enshittification Windows is going through in the modern days. Linux has become good enough for daily driving and even gaming that it just made no sense sticking to Windows.
i wouldn’t say i’m fully out of the “distro hopping” phase just yet, but i’m certainly doing it rarely, once in, like, 3-4 months maybe. currently using Void Linux on my personal laptop.
my favorite distro is Mint. yes, it’s a basic-ass choice, but it is the de-facto “just works” distro.
the only thing that wasn’t working {for me at the very least.} were the direct downloads from Nexus via MO2 but that’s inconsequential since you can always just install the mods manually.
but yes, MO2 works perfectly in Wine/Proton. it’s especially easy to set up a shortcut to it using Lutris. for example, installing New Vegas using the GOG install script and then editing the settings to replace NV’s executable with the MO2 executable.