>Short version
After 20 years of Windows I'll try dual-booting Linux with the idea of maybe permanently switching when I get familiar enough. Any really broad advice you can give me, particularly about dual-booting?
>Long one
Part 1:
I assume that every time some Windows version gets to the end of the support there comes new wave of users trying Linux. This time I'll be one of them... or at least I'll try to. Anyway, I'm not a complete normie that spends in the browser 95% of the time at the PC, but on the other hand I'm not super hard core user and don't use that much proprietary Windows applications. I would say I'm closer to the latter one, but not that far from the middle.
As I said in the short version, after 20 years of using Windows I'm pretty used to it, and I've managed to fight against the bad sides of it to some extent and tame it to some extent. These days I have my daily routine that's not very complex per se, but setting everything up took some time. The thought of starting a new fighting process against Windows 11 is very repelling. If I'm gonna spend time on the new OS, might as well learn Linux. I don't wanna get into specific app and stuff, cause my post isn't about asking for help about the particular problem. I just wanna describe my situation and get some words of wisdom from some of you who went through similar process or witnessed someone else went through it in these threads or anywhere else, really.
I like choices. I like to make things behave and look how I want them to. For example, I liked the amount of options I could tinker with when I switched from Blue Clover to KurobaEx for the mobile app for 4chan. I like that I can disable anything and everything regarding shorts in ReVanced version of YT plus a dozen more smaller improvements. My job isn't in IT, but I attended a lot of IT and IT related classes in my University, so I'm not "afraid of terminal" or completely clueless about OS and how it works. Part 2 is coming in 60 seconds.