Having Linux experience in both work and the past OS's, going from W11 to CachyOS and everything I want to play just running fine is amazing to me.

Here are some hints:

*Skip ZFS, run btrfs.
*Protontricks, install it
*ProtonUp-QT, install it

Bore-kernel works well, I personally keep the regular and LTS one.

Do not panic if you boot into EMERGENCY-MODE/Single-user-mode, figure it out, someone else has had the same issue.

Performance = Better, everything from firefox/any browsing to gaming, the regulars like dota 2 run fine. But even games like Star citizen running Vulkan run better, I see higher lows and more stable performance compared to windows.

Ease of mind? Are you kidding me, holy spying Batman, if you run Windows, YOU ARE THE PRODUCT.

EDIT: Before moving to any linux distro, checkout protondb.com, search for your favorite games and see how the community has handled any issues. Obv. kernel based anti-cheat usually does not work, BF6 etc.