You can set up the boot directly into Big Picture, there are a couple of ways depending on your needs/expectations.

Gamescope did not work for me, I have been gaming exclusively in Linux since proton was published but any time I try to get gamescope working it behaves strangely. I blame my Nvidia card but it's hard to say.

Good points!

I use my current one as a PC as much as for gaming.

I'll keep that in mind when I build my next dedicated game rig, though!

@helenslunch @MajorHavoc whats gamescope and how does big picture help on a desktop, at least if i have more than one screen and wanna do desktop stuff on the ones that dont have the game on them?