I dumped Windows 98 for Linux (however, work has for various reasons forced me to keep either a windows or crappintosh 'puter around).

Me too, for Fedora!

Not really, I couldn't keep up with all the windows quirks, so it really is just learning linux quirks now.

They just expect Linux to be a drop in replacement for Windows

To be fair, this is perpetuated pretty hard by YouTubers/influencers.

"Omg I switched to $DISTRO and it BEATS Windows in gaming!" "No issues!" "Printers just work!" "OnlyOffice is compatible with MS Office!"

And then when you "switch" to Linux and you get sub-par performance and everyone's answers on forums are:

• Giant list of random proton launch options to try with zero explanation
• "Linux does not work with X game!"
• "It works for me!"
• Suggestions to try all Proton versions including GE versions
• Suggestion to switch to an entirely different distro with different release schedules/objective
• "Why are you using X distro when you should use Nobara/Bazzite/Cachy/Debian/Mint/whatever is the latest flavor of the month clickbait?"

I just installed Cachy on my old spare gaming desktop(1700X cpu) and immediately was met with odd performance issues. Come to find out that the cpu frequency scheduler doesn't like my CPU and was causing it go from 1.8GHz to 3.6GHz rapidly, wattage flip flopping between 15w-45w, fps in game going from 20fps to 80fps without even moving...I got most of it fixed by forcing performance mode via cpupower, but I still have lower fps than windows and the only thing I can find online is that proton overhead is too much for my CPU so I bought a 3700X for $100 on eBay. But all of my solutions I had to find myself because reddit was too busy arguing than troubleshooting.

yep, when somebody has literal decades of experience learning to deal with the quirks of windows (of which more and more are added over time, and until the past half decade or so were added at a somewhat less obscene rate so they were not overwhelming), it's a hard battle.

it really does take some work to re-frame it objectively

Mind if I ask why dual boot two Linux distros? I've heard (and am currently trying to find the time to attempt myself) of dual boot with windows and Linux, but not often of multiple distros.

One can only hope.

If you only need it for one program, why not run it in a VM?

I suppose it’s more about learning to avoid buying operating systems from USA

I've tried Fedora, Ubuntu, PopOS, Mint, Debian - and so far out of box none of them work great. Some require large handfuls of extensions to get "normal" productivity things working and other hacks are sometimes needed just to get drivers working. I've yet to find any distro with a solid out of box RDP solution and so far gnome remote desktop, xrdp, and rustdesk have proven extremely lacking.

Are there any other distros worth checking out that you'd recommend and other RDP solutions? The latter is probably most key to me as I can figure out the former (in general...it'll never be perfect, but I'll get by).

I need to be able to access a shared local session, visually, with a resolution that adjusts to the client (not the server). Upon connection I can't have a new session occurring or an old session first being completely logged out and it needs to be crystal clear and responsive. It seems like of the above, I can only ever check 1-2 boxes but never all of them versus windows, unfortunately.

I have a beginner question. If I install Ubuntu on my laptop in English. Will I be able to later change the language ? Or does it require a reinstallation?

I want to install Linux on an older laptop for my parent in law. They do not speak English and I do not speak their language well.

Install windows so you can join in on the pleasure of wiping windows!

Looks like it, Steam's work on gaming for Linux has been instrumental.