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The only program that I'm aware I need Windows for is Photoshop (I don't know if Wine is an option or if that counts as "Windows).
So you're probably right. The main reason I prefer to start with VMs is to try a few distributions before committing to one of them... and the laziness I get thinking about how to migrate my current Windows installation to a VM... or (even worse) reinstalling Windows from scratch :P.
You should definitely just do a fresh install of Windows instead of migrating. It takes less than 15 minutes to install, and since your only need is Photoshop, then you don't need a bloated full-blown Windows - just install a "lite" version of Windows, like Tiny10 or Tiny11, which will also save you some RAM and CPU resources.
But sure, do check out Linux instead a VM first if you wanna try out a few distributions. Another option is to use Ventoy to create a bootable USB drive, then you can just chuck multiple Linux ISOs onto the USB and try them out, this way, you can test various distros on your actual hardware (which is always handy for testing compatibility) without needing to install anything first.