Aussiemandeusthinking of trying linux,
Pasta DentalIf you pick a well known distribution such as Pop Os or Linux Mint you will have very little issues, and if you have any, you will be able to easily find help since they are very popular, and they are also using Ubuntu as a base, which is the most popular of the popular distros.
DiotimaVouching for PopOS, which has been my primary OS for years. The only thing I run a Win VM for is the old Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas & Campaign Cartographer. I suppose I could tinker with Wine, but it tends to be finicky with the latter.
Possibly linuxMy only complaint with Pop os is its high Ram usage and Pop is shop eating all CPU resources.
I run Pop and Mint in VMs with Fedora as my main system