Granted I don’t keep up much with gaming communities but I personally was playing up until the breaking EAC update with no issue and don’t seem to recall reading about people having problems.

Rust became unplayable on Linux a good few years before the Steam Deck-induced Linux boom. Back then the Linux share was still counted in tenths of a percent, if that.

Nope, doesn’t exist. And the pain and suffering of your surroundings will be far greater than whatever you’re currently going through.