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Linux sometimes has trouble with NTFS partitions. Consider moving it to your Ubuntu partition and trying it again.

For Adobe Acrobat, well, it’s an Adobe product, and those are famously not compatible with Linux at all in any capacity. You’ll have to find something to replace it with or spin up a Windows virtual machine to run it.

For Cyberpunk, where did you get it and and what have you tried? Also, consider volunteering any other information that might be helpful (distro, hardware, etc.), I don’t think either of us wants to play 20 Questions to help you troubleshoot.

What games and what software?

Honestly, for any semi-modern hardware, the different amount of “bloat” between any two distros is small enough to be irrelevent for most everything you would do on a computer up to and including gaming, especially compared against Windows. Yes, Arch may be less bloated than, say, Ubuntu, but are you really going to notice or care that your system is idling at 1.2 GB of RAM usage instead of 800 MB?