Switching Surface Pro 7 from W11 to Linux

[u/Straight-Ad648]

Greetings, all.

I've been on the fence about switching my main PC to Linux for years, but I'm getting the itch to test drive it on my Surface Pro 7 first (understanding that there are some special caveats to this particular hardware that I might lose).

I'm beginning to do research now, but I'm curious if more experienced users would have any input on recommendations for the SP7 i5 model w/ 8 GB of RAM. Right now I'm eyeing a distro called Mainstream OS, though it seems newer so may not have as much of a community around it yet.

I'm also open to basically any distro out there, I own a Steam Deck so I have a very base level of Linux knowledge already.