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You should learn Freecad for 3D and Librecad for 2D. They're both used in professional production and works in every OS.
For gaming you should give a try for Linux. I just tried 3-4 games last weekend and they all worked with Lutris without any tinkering. Last time I tried 1,5-2 years ago and couldn't launch any 2010 era game just as you'd expect from the simplest way.
Edit. Some coder guys have recomended me to learn OpenScad for 3D too, but I haven't found time. They claim that ChatGPT knows OpenScad better than many other programming languages.
I might learn other cad software eventually, but I already have 4 years experience with solidworks and will basically have to use it for college anyways so I won't get any benefit at the moment. As for gaming, I have gamed on Linux and know it works fine, it is just overall more of a hassle and needs more time than I can commit to right now, at some point I intend on fully switching over as much as I can and properly learning how to maintain Linux.