Yes, though I was probably unclear. I was thinking more about abandoning games that weren't available on Linux, after a while. Inevitably DX11 will be EOL'd and decent performance won't be possible without DX12 (W10) or Vulkan. I really do hope that Valve going with Vulkan as the lead platform helps push it over DX12 in the long run.

Don't think Project Cars will ever be on Linux. It's an NVIDIA GameWorks title from the ground up (hence all the controversy). Grid: Autosport is being ported at the moment ... and hopefully Dirt: Rally (also Codemasters) will be ported - it's the best rally game in a very, very long time.

There's a lot more than that, unfortunately. Maybe it's not happening on all SKUs and for all regions. But a friend confirmed the reported behaviour on W10 Pro OEM (new license installed from disc) when he blocked the mothership entirely, with internet access active. Besides, if you ever intend to update the OS (even with security vulnerability fixes), you're likely to find that after the reboot it will have a bunch of new outbound traffic destinations and some shiny new data gathering means (even if you thought you'd managed to stop it updating other bits). If you don't want all your data going to straight to MS data farms, you'll be fighting a constant battle. Furthermore, all the keylogging, data and voice recording is vulnerable to exploits (viruses / trojans) that will jack the reams of data stored in the temporary files and send it somewhere even less benign than Redmond. The whole thing is a disaster waiting to happen.

I suggest you head to the MDL forums. As usual there is a lot of information there.