When Linux works with games/ games development, has a decent IDE, has decent industry standard 2D and 3D content production apps and office apps ok. Right now, its really only for server use.
I used to be a Puppy fan. Boot from a CD, and ready to run. But that was close to a decade ago - at some point they changed package management. Looks like it’s still among the best for playing with on old systems.
Most of the modern Linux builds are as bloated as something you’d get from Microsoft.