It isn't as intimidating as it once was. About 15 years ago I tried to install linux, and it was horrible (but it was a distribution where I would have had to compile my own kernel). I have since been using SteamOS (on my steam deck) - and that really made it a no-brainer to try out a few linux distributions on my main PC.
I tried Linux Mint, which I stayed on for a few weeks, then Endeavour OS, then went back to Linux Mint, then I tried Bazzite, which I've stayed on since then. My wife is even running it for gaming on her computer, too.
There's so many options, and so many resources available. You can even dual boot (as I do - because Photoshop and Lightroom have absolutely zero open source competitors anywhere near on the same level for professional photographic workflows).
Be warned, its a rabbit hole - and if you do decide to dual boot, just make sure you have windows on one drive, and your linux on another. Various sub-reddits are great resources, such as linux_gaming.
This is the best comment I have read in so long, I thought I had answered it, sorry. I definitely have to go for the dual boot and test if the OS is to my liking. I've seen many use one called “Bazzite” and it looks like what I've always been looking for. I used to use all kinds of software to make my pc more minimalistic and gaming. I wanted it to look like Steam's “Big Picture” mode when I turned it on, but there was nothing like that. Bazzite has that, you literally start your pc and you can already play, but I'm a little worried about productivity, since I use a lot of Adobe programs and I understand they are not so compatible or something like that.
Sounds like Bazzite is perfect then :)
DaVinci Resolve works in place of Premiere, in fact, I've always preferred it over Premiere. OBS works fine on linux, too, as does Audacity.
PowerBI and Photoshop and Lightroom are the reasons I need Windwos, still.
I have tried DaVinci and I find it incredible how much you can do without paying the full version, but I have worked these last years with Premiere and After Effects and they are programs to which I know several tricks. With DaVinci it would be a matter of learning and trying to transfer everything, but it's not the same. Anyway I might try the dual, maybe I can play and stream in Bazzite and just use productivity applications in windows, but I don't know if that might result in having problems again on my computer, I'll have to see about that later. 😛
I learned video editing with Final Cut Pro, and Resolve takes a lot of design cues from that. So I am more than happy to use it, but I don't do much complicated video editing anyway.
I loved using After Effects, Photoshop on a timeline, but Resolve has some pretty powerful motion graphics stuff in it too.