As others said, EGS is just a fucking cancer, not a competition. A good competition to Steam is actually Microsoft App Store. It's a very streamlined mobile-like experience.
If you have a Ninja Speedy, you can cook loads of dishes in 10-15 minutes, but only for 1-2 people at once. My fav is to cube potatoes and pork belly at 2cm size, mix with salt, spices and oil, put everything in the device and cook for 12 minutes in steam + air fry mode.
Cooking a steak takes 5 minutes. You make a side salad while it's frying. Everything goes into the dishwasher in a few more minutes. Not sure what your problem is...
Yeah, say what you want, but GIMP developers are brain dead. There are loads of quality OSS apps for creatives: InkScape, Darktable, Blender, etc. And their developers genuinely care about their users. But not GIMP devs, fuck them.
It never is just a checkbox though. You have to test the result and with Linux you have to test dozens of distros. For a fraction of users. If Linux crowd wants to be taken seriously, they should settle on a single distro for everything.
Why do you even play games if you rush them? It's like the guy a few years ago asking on Reddit if he should go past no return in Cyberpunk 2077 at level 18. The fuck, mate? You missed the whole game!
Yes, as long as your Linux distro is Windows.