I had to switch to MS for job. I got a refurbished desktop with MS 10. Damn thing loses connection 50% of the time.In my PC the WWAN was not activated. So far , so good.

Mint is a good distro of Linux.

... and don't touch Microsoft or Apple products unless someone is paying me.

Linux was fairly easy for me because the first real operating system I used regularly was BSD. Switching to Linux was like going home again.

There is still a learning curve and a few pitfalls along the way if you are installing Linux on a new computer, especially one fresh from the factory with Windows already installed.

Used or refurbished machines that sell for $100 or less run Linux well, as do inexpensive new machines such as the Raspberry Pi. The Linux Mint and Raspberry Pi communities are friendly and helpful. I've installed Linux on machines I've found on the curb. If you've got an expensive new computer I think it's best to learn Linux on a second machine, thus avoiding any risk of messing up the expensive machine.

Same general idea.
https://www.lifewire.com/install-linux-avoid-ai-8655664

and yes Linux does run my most used programs.
Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Audacity, GIMP, Quake, MidAir2, Tribes1, Audour, Brave, Google Chrome, UnReal, SweetHome 3d, Space Cadet Pinball, NoMachine, AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Kodi, Plex, K3B, FreeTube, Steam, Wine, VirtualBox, VMWare, Adobe Acrobat, Calibre, VLC, Windows Media Player, OBS Studio, thousands of games through Steam as well as native Linux games, thousands of Windows applications through Wine and on and on. More programs than I have the energy to type to off set your pitiful effort to keep a myth that comes from the 1990's alive that Linux requires users to "write code".

Microsoft has always been and still is an abusive corporate monopoly that does not respect consumer user rights and privacy.

NO progressive Democrat should support them or act as a shill for their products.

The Republicans under Bush are the reason the company wasn't broken up in 2000.

Do you really believe that while using Linux I have to "write code" to participate here at DU????

in the early to mid 2000's when I was more active with online gaming in Linux being in game when players, who were mostly using Windows, would start to bash Linux with another obsolete myth. It went something like "Nah, you can't use Linux for gaming. It can't run games." All the while I was using Linux and playing in the same games as they were.
The myths weren't true then and they still aren't now.

Though requires some initial settings, and an hour or two of learning how to operate, update. There are help communities. It is way better than a few years back. I've been running it since about 2016 when Vista went out of support. I am no longer dependent on MS bloatware, and offers to buy AntiVirus, 365, Word. Recently I added an almost new Windows 11 PC, as a portable, but had to disable a pile of things. Added LibreOffice and a generic AV. Good,but when Win11 goes out of support, I'll ditch it for Linux Mint.