Dual-boot is the way to go TBH, especially with a NVME drive, even if you land on Linux as your daily driver

Reboot and switching OS if needed for compatibility is only a 30 second or less process.

i dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 10.

Havent had issues much, even done upgrades of each. Ubuntu updates do sometimes trip out Bitlocker and prompt for a recovery key.

I have the same use case. Ubuntu for most things. Windows for gaming only.

I even do this with an eGPU. Ubuntu does well with it using X11 (not wayland) but requires reboots to connect/disconnect the pcie channels. Windows is better at it but struggles with USB enumerations on occaison.

I personally would recommend giving Fedora a shot

Have a look at https://endeavouros.com

Garuda Linux and then VanillaOS when Orchid is out and you're a little more familiar with the system. :)

depending on your needs try WSL2 instead of dual booting. I've been linux or macos for quite a while in daily work as a programmer and kinda dig on WSL2 in Windows, particularly Win11 with the improved terminal. add Docker in the mix and there's nothing you can't do in that kind of environment that you'd be looking to do in a dedicated Linux boot...again dependin on what youre doing i guess.

You wont know for sure until you try. the main sticking point for gaming on linux is anti-cheat, so if you play a lot of games with that then you may run into some trouble. otherwise ProtonDB is your friend. Most games these days are pretty easy to get up and running.

A lot of AI tools are developed on linux anyway so you shouldn't encounter too many problems there.

Browsers are no problem at all. I recommend Firefox