Arch and Fedora; package managers and repositories.

i do it for Autodesk software, it works pretty well

if youre fine with relying on proprietary software you might as well just run it in a windows 11 ltsc iot enterprise vm

engine, graphics, tooling, physics, and audio programming positions don’t always require any artistic interest in the medium. unlike artistic work, they can also pay pretty well.

you probably really shouldn’t do that.

use fedora, arch, or ubuntu. dont use any of the pointless ones (mint, endeavour, manjaro,…). they are not worth your time. only use wayland (plasma, river, qtile). xorg is not worth your time or sanity.

simplest pick is fedora kde spin. just use that. hdr should work too.