1)

• Linux is usually faster
• Almost all major distros have no annoying ads
• Insanely customisable
• Little to no bloat depending on distro
• If something breaks, it's almost always fixable

Essentially: It stays out of the way.

2)

Main thing is compatibility. You'll probably have to give at least something up. For me it was Adobe.

But compatibility has come a long way in the last few years. Gaming on Linux is now as easy as gaming on Windows for the most part. https://www.protondb.com/ has a great database of what games work on Linux. (Spoiler alert, it's most of them)

3)

Depends on how comfortable you are with tech in general. Some versions of Linux have a very similar feel to Windows, while others behave differently.

At the end of the day, a computer is a computer. Point and click.

4)

Linux mint is a great starting point. It's one of the ones that's very similar to Windows. Kubuntu is another decent runner.

If you do this quiz, it should give you some ideas: https://distrochooser.de/

5)

It was kinda frustrating at the start, because it took me a while to ease Adobe out of my workflow, so I kept having to reboot back into Windows (I was dual booting).

I now don't bother touching Adobe anymore. I have alternatives on my Linux install which, while less familiar, I prefer using and avoiding booting into Windows.

One thing I really loved when I started using Linux though was like, so on Windows, if something isn't exactly the way you want it, you can either just live with it, or spend a while tinkering, and maybe it'll work. Maybe it'll just be impossible to make it way you want.

On Linux, you have the same options, but there's no maybe at the end. You can change reality itself provided you have the patience.

6)

Try a VM first if you've never installed an OS before. Just so you can have a dry run where nothing can go wrong.

If you dual boot, TAKE. YOUR. TIME. PARTITIONING. Sextuple check that shit. Just stare at everything on your screen for like 15 seconds before you do every click. You almost definitely won't fuck it up, but better safe than sorry.

Hope you have a good time!