yea i think its a matter of time linux is very quickly becoming the operating system of enthusiasts not in spite of gaming but for gaming too. Some older games dont even run properly on windows

But for people with older pcs priced out of the market who are still very heavy gamers they will naturally trend toward debloated windows variants and linux, and with the speed linux has grown in even just the last year its pretty likely itll be more close in market share to macos sooner rather than later. and more of the people who leave windows go to linux vs mac based on stats available so its in some good standing right now.

i talk to many regular people about linux and many seem completely open to switch tbf these are more educated people in school though and one does programming but i think majority of people would be open to running something like a debian or ubuntu and even something more complex with the right applications to support daily usage

on the enthusiast note for example, if you want the best vr performance on your index or vive or other wired headsets your best performance will be running monado on linux using openvr translation, thats just reality, steamvr is pretty ass. And many alternative softwares for gaming like wivrn are completely free and available to everyone instead of charging for similar windows software, gamers use linux and they make sure its a relatively good experience