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Want switch to linux
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Mint is a good transition from windows
Tried it and hate it
Yeah, honestly I don't get all the love for mint whenever this question comes up. Bazzite's a good choice, I'm running Bluefin it's sister (same thing but not geared toward gamers) and it's been great from a set it and forget it perspective. One caution is that they don't always play nice with dual booting, so make sure you do your due diligence backing up what's important to you.
I am doing backup right now and for the important files i just put it on my hhd and everytime i do something in systems and boot manger i just plug off the hard to make sure nothing gone