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I'm on Windows. It's the only OS I use that I know will run anything that I have on my machine without having to extensively grind myself down into researching or patching to make work.
I've at times thought about going Linux but I'm always facing the same set of problems before making the jump. That is, how much of my utilities, tools, and software that I use on Windows will work on Linux without using Wine or having to ditch it? How many of my games that I have that will run on Linux? I mean, I love Diablo II for example and Blizzard won't ever make the Blizzard.net client for Linux. So there goes that option, just for example's sake.
To me it's just not worth the switch. A lot of people usually hop on Linux for cheap clout while making exaggerated claims about how Windows is declining as if they're losing millions of users a day, which simply isn't true.
But Linux, least for desktop users and not addressing it's capability to be a good tool for server/programming uses, doesn't have an awful lot to offer and your options are limited. That limit is tied to how many software developers in general, who care at all about Linux to develop for it when they know it might be easier for Windows for users to just simply run it.
Can't speak to your other software, but battle.net and diablo 2 run great on Linux via WINE/Proton