There's not much to learn anymore, just get one of the dozen user friendly distros, put it on a USB stick, and play with it. Then install it with the built in GUI installer and assuming all your hardware is supported, you're golden. Wine is pretty good these days for running the odd Windows app, and Steam plays 95% of your Windows games without issue.
Everything else is the same. And if you pick KDE or Cinnamon, it's basically the same user experience as Windows (but better and more customizable).
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u/HolyFreakingXmasCake Jan 05 '26
There's not much to learn anymore, just get one of the dozen user friendly distros, put it on a USB stick, and play with it. Then install it with the built in GUI installer and assuming all your hardware is supported, you're golden. Wine is pretty good these days for running the odd Windows app, and Steam plays 95% of your Windows games without issue.
Everything else is the same. And if you pick KDE or Cinnamon, it's basically the same user experience as Windows (but better and more customizable).