Even with games, it's stupid easy with Lutris and even easier with Steam + Proton. Gaming on Linux has come a long way since the early days with the contributions of Valve. It's only games made between 2007-2012 that I have had issues running if their isn't a install script. Most popular games are catalogued and have an install script so it's pretty point and click. Graphics drives aren't an issue anymore either as Mint pre-installs the Nvidia stuff and with the recent open sourcing Nouveau should get better.