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Can't go wrong with Linux Mint
Mint is a great choice for windows converts. The UI closely matches what you are used to.
Mint and Ubuntu are both fine and have a huge support base so you'll always find help.
I've been on Linux for going on 10 years, went through just about all the major and moderate distros out there and the past two years I've just been using mint on my study laptops (in particular LMDE for stability) and it's completely fine for me.
Seconding mint. I've heard it referred to as "Ubuntu for people who don't want to admit they're running Ubuntu", but the fact of the matter is that Mint has consistently been, for the last 15 years, the distro that has worked best out of the box on my daily driver laptops.
I use several distros for various purposes, but Mint is my go-to for general purpose everyday use.
Plus if you want to just check it out, the install USB can be used as a live OS without any installing anything to the disk. It probably won't handle GPU drivers and the like, but it should be enough to just get a quick glance at what it's about.
Mint didn't work at all on my last desktop. I should have tested more with the live disk before installing.
The mint discord I found was pretty helpful though.