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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.
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Take a note of the programs you use on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Search if they have linux versions or alternatives (don't need to go crazy on open source or anything)
Choose a Distro suitable for your hardware (some distros are tailored towards revival of old stuff and may be missing drivers for recent hardware, and some distros are tailored towards bleeding edge stuff and may be missing drivers for old stuff)
For most standard scenarios (pcs less than 10 years old) there are a ton of guides out there that rank the distros according to user-friendliness
A mindset tip: don't try to mimic windows stuff, for example, in the linux world it is not very common to "download an installer from the web and click it to install software", so there is a ton to learn
This is good advice, thank you! I'm mostly using my machine for Games, thanks to proton and wine my main concern are just the drivers for my Hardware