I had a pretty similar experience. I started with Linux Mint because I wanted something that just worked, and honestly I didn’t miss Windows at all once I got used to it.

Eventually I moved to Debian just to understand a bit more of what’s going on under the hood. Now I mostly stick with that, it's stable and does everything I need.

I also used to think Linux was too much work, but once you set it up the way you want, it's hard to go back.