Turns out the reply in my thread telling me the best way to combat not caring about Linux is to care about Linux was absolutely correct.
I picked up a laptop, installed Linux Mint Cinnamon, and I’m already obsessed. I haven’t had this much fun with a PC in a long time and it’s just a cheapo Dell Inspiron 3520.
Word will be your biggest problem.
On rare occasion, you might get some sort of advanced PDF feature that will trip you up (embedded 3D objects or some weird encryption or something), but 99% will work as expected.
Linux is literally the home turf for major video player development. VLC works like a charm for literally everything.
Only office is what I use for school and it’s excellent, otherwise the full MS suite is available in the browser.