I switched to Linux back in 2016 when Windows XP was deprecated (or rather, all the browsers available for XP gave notifications that they were no longer supported). I decided it was the right time to jump to Linux, having played around with it for many years. I installed Ubuntu and have used that ever since, and have been very happy with the experience. I would recommend it to anyone. Most of my computers run Ubuntu, but I have one that runs Mint, which I think is clearly better than Ubuntu but I have sort of a nostalgic attachment to Ubuntu because it's really the oldest mainstream Linux distro that is still around, and is by far the largest one to this day. Both Ubuntu and Mint run well and do everything I need them to do, and I have never paid one shiny, glimmering penny for any of the software applications on any of my computers.