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I'm also exploring Linux for basically the first time and have a pretty similar spread of use cases as you; gaming, emulation, streaming, video editing, gamdev, etc. I'd recommend looking at your preferred software and seeing if there's a native Linux version available. For example, I use OBS, Resolve, and Godot -- all three have Linux builds. Most emulators have Linux builds as well.
Gaming is where things get a bit more nebulous. Some have native Linux builds, others run through compatibility layers. Again, I'd look at the games you are playing and look them up on ProtonDB, which is a community-run site dedicated to cataloging how well games on Steam run on SteamOS/Linux. For example, Battlefield 6 doesn't run on Linux likely due to anti-cheat. Other new stuff like Silent Hill f seems to work fine.
I haven't started experimenting yet, but I had a post earlier this week that got a bunch of comments on here and the general consensus seems to be Bazzite for gaming purposes, especially for new Linux users. It's an "immutable" distro, which by my understanding means the core OS is read-only so it's difficult to really mess your system up. I've also heard a lot about CachyOS as well, which might be somewhat more performant for gaming since it's built on Arch.
If by streaming you mean stuff like Netflix, Prime Video and such, that is actually a problem on Linux. Netflix will only go to 720p and other services are either 480p or 720p. The only streaming platform I know of that streams 1080p on Linux is Crunchyroll, but last I checked they were partnering with an Israeli company, so fuck them.
There's a lot of hype around CachyOS, but it being Arch based shouldn't really make a difference when compared to any Fedora based distros like Bazzite because both would be fairly up-to-date, any difference in performance would probably come down to either specific choices in those distros or an issue that might not be solved in other distros.
Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy moving to the Tux side