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Boot with a live USB image first. Check and see if everything is working. Don't be married to the first Linux distro you try.
That's fair, I'll take some time to explore them :)
On the other hand, try not to get into distro hopping hell
This is really the best advice. Dual boot via USB. Once something clicks, then look at dual booting.
USB boot is the second most fun way to learn Linux. Esp with high speed 40Gbs flash, there isn’t a ton of reason not to.
However backing up then trashing your windows environment will really teach one — it is a commitment!! But the learning will defn happen, there is no turning back after the windows partition gets scratched and GRUB enters the scene.
“Monitor scan line cfg don’t fail me now!”
“Interesting, mobo WiFi is MIA. Where did that 20’ Ethernet cable go?”
“Audio device not found. Okkkkkl”