Before the switching, you may want to try Linux on Windows using WSL2 or VirtualBox, etc.
Thanks for the tip! I think I’ll try VirtualBox!
Also, Mint and other distros provide bootable image, so you can try it without installing Mint on your machine.
You’re talking about booting from a disk or USB drive, right? See, I’ve tried those (well, the USB drive anyway), but AFAICT there didn’t seem to be a way to have it remember stuff between boots. Maybe I missed something…