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As opposed to the human-made brain melting videos?

RAM could be a cheaper culprit. Try re-seating it.

Do not use Manjaro. It is a known trap. What you can do is install pamac, which is what Manjaro uses for GUI package management. It's been a hot minute since I've used Arch, so here's a tutorial:

https://itsfoss.com/install-pamac-arch-linux/

Alternatively you could look at Garuda, which is a solid Arch distro. You'll either love or hate the theme, but that's easy to change. It also comes with an interactive kernel by default (most distros use a regular kernel build, which works better for servers).

Whatever you do, please please please not Ubuntu. It's the lowest common denominator. Emphasis on "lowest". It was good in the past, but Canonical have really lost the plot.

Missed opportunity to call it Muhummanoid

And once again, I am seriously questioning Apple's privacy claims. Why else would Apple build such a moat around Safari?

For your use case, consider it to be a packaging format (like AppImage, Flatpak, Deb, RPM, etc.) that includes all the dependencies (including services, not just libraries) for the app in question.

Should I change this?

If it's not broken don't fix it.

Use Podman (my preferred - the SystemD approach is awesome), containerd, or Incus. Docker is a graveyard of half-finished pet projects that have no reason for existing. Podman has a Docker-compatible socket, so 100% of Docker tooling will work with it.

I have read on more than one occasion that Wine is becoming the "Linux Gaming ABI." It's no longer just about Windows. With the huge variety presented by distros, Wine is simply a nice stable target that never moves.

Try forcing it to use Proton (game properties in Steam).

It does. I have it enabled and tested. "Client Device Isolation." It's enabled per SSID.

Ooh I like the idea of "no Internet." I do trust all of those devices (open source), but they could still be pwned.

I used to agree with this, but hearing interviews with actual victims changed my mind. This only works in theory.

MacOS is a BSD, so go with Linux if you want variety.