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thinking of trying linux,
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You absolutely will, and the ones you get will be harder to solve. It's far more useable than it used to be, but the overall experience with Windows is still easier.
BUT it probably is quite usable for you overall. Just don't go into it expecting nothing but smooth sailing.
IMO and maybe a wrong one, issues tend to happen for four reasons:
I'll say that the third one is very rarely occurring in Mint, and I wouldn't say it's not happening in Windows.
The first one is in my experience the most common, though less frequent than it was some time ago.
The last one is the reason you see many posts around here :)