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I use Ubuntu for everything I do (except building and testing windows binaries) beside upgrading when it asks me to I never really have to worry about anything, everything I use just works and the ui is fine.
I'm not a big gamer and I only really use open source software so I don't know if you'll want to do things I don't but I do pretty much everything else: image editing, video editing, CAD, coding, all sorts of weird internet stuff.
What CAD software do you use?
All the professional CAD software I've used in my career is Windows only.
What's your favorite open source option?
People will say I'm crazy but I love freeCAD, the sketch and part benches are all i really need because I'm mostly using it to make project boxes and dial holders but it's nice that it can do so many other things. Not great for artistic tools I'd use blender for that but technical stuff it's great.