I feel lots of people don't realize how Linux is much easier to use nowadays. Most people I talk to seem to assume they need to learn how to use the terminal, but really they just can do everything by using the GUI.

I agree with you. I currently dual boot, but once windows 10 is not updated anymore, I'll just use Mint and go Microsoft free. It's less bloated, no telemetry, most games work flawlessly to perfectly (with proton it will just get better) and most applications needed are easily found in the software manager and are for the most part open source.