I've been happily running Fedora Workstation for about 2 years on several devices and desktop environments. Up until the RedHat controversy, I would recommend Fedora. But you should probably try Pop!_OS first. It seems to be easier to use and Ubuntu compatible.
Why leave arch? Its an incredibly good distro (I did leave it for gentoo but I regret it)
If you don't mind the Red Hat shit, Fedora.
I’m looking to escape Microsoft ... Windows VM ... Call of Duty
You're not escaping Microsoft when putting Microsoft Windows in a VM and you're not escaping Microsoft either when playing a game series that will be owned by Microsoft within the next few months.
Fair enough lol
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