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5 years later, Windows 10 refuses to die, and Microsoft just can't push holdouts to Windows 11
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Installing and using Mint is easier than about half of the things you've already "fixed" on Windows. You definitely can manage switching. If you can, backup your data on a separate drive and install Mint. If you don't have a spare SSD (or a few dozen), you can always put Mint on a USB, boot from that, and test it out without modifying your windows operating system.
But, I switched to mint "just to test it" and I've only gone back to windows once, and that was to migrate the data from my expensive Samsung SSD to the bargain bin SSD I bought for testing Mint in the first place.
Honestly, Mint has been so easy, I switched my mom's new laptop to Mint, and she vastly prefers it to Windows 11, and I haven't needed to touch her computer since then.