If you ever lived through AC97 Codec Driver installation during the Win9x days, with the hell of meeting to figure out exactly which driver went with which card versus what the heck you actually bought... Linux won't be hard at all. A little strange, sure. But not nearly as difficult as everyone makes it out to be. Not anymore, at least.
If you have one of the storage modules, you can test drive any Linux distro you want with it. Some users even do the opposite and keep Windows on the module, Linux in the internal SSD.
Look at the software you need. That's the biggest issue for most people.
If you ever lived through AC97 Codec Driver installation during the Win9x days, with the hell of meeting to figure out exactly which driver went with which card versus what the heck you actually bought... Linux won't be hard at all. A little strange, sure. But not nearly as difficult as everyone makes it out to be. Not anymore, at least.
If you have one of the storage modules, you can test drive any Linux distro you want with it. Some users even do the opposite and keep Windows on the module, Linux in the internal SSD.
Look at the software you need. That's the biggest issue for most people.