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I use Bazzite. The Mullvad VPN gui app works on it, but you will have to either add the Mullvad repo and layer the package, or install the local .rpm file (using rpm-ostree), and manually update it whenever there is an update.
Sounds complicated, but it really isn't.
If you want to use the aur, all you need to do is create an Arch distrobox (everything you need to do it is pre-installed, including a gui app for distrobox if you don't want to do CLI). You can then "export" anything you install on the box to your host OS to be opened with one click with no noticeable overhead.
And yes, you will be able to play your Steam games on the TV with Linux. Probably better and more easily than with Windows nowadays.
Steam Link has never been able to figure out that my ultrawide monitor and TV don't have the same aspect ratio, so I have to go into Windows settings to change the resolution. Don't suppose that's easier on Linux?
Edit: Fun fact: Bazzite's Live USB doesn't have Steam installed on it so I can't test out that functionality, and Steam only offers a deb package that you can't install because Bazzite is immutable. Bazzite says they're not going to change that so I think I'm crossing Bazzite off my list.
Mullvad vpn is the vpn for an intellectual
Well, their founder was recently discovered to be funding far right groups in Sweden. The rest of the company is apparently very unhappy with this. My subscription lasts until next year so I'm holding off on renewing until the dust settles there.
The party they funded is literally lead by a leftist extremist...
The company is only sad about it because people got mad, but lets be real. People would get mad regardless of what party he donated to.
They are nationalist racists trying to cloak themselves with populist leftist ideas. This is the leader of that party:
https://www.friatider.se/markus-allard-om-andra-generationens-invandrare-de-ska-ocksa-ut
Remember; the Nazi's did the same thing by strategically calling their party the National Socialist German Workers' Party, despite them not being socialist nor a working class party. This was chosen because Socialism was gaining popularity, and thus the Nazi's thought it would help their chances of getting votes and public support.