Ah, it won't be much of a shock then...Depending on the distro you end up going with! I had the impression that you'd be using a lot of closed source stuff. I will concede my impression was incorrect on that matter.

It's good at the very least you have an exit plan in the works for charting the next step of your tech life. As yeah, I'd agree Windows 10 will become a more challenging thing to use as more time passes. It will get to the stage that nobody supports it and you'd need to do some serious tweaking to make it possible. Plus the lack of security updates are going to make that computer a tasty treat for those that want to turn it into a botnet. I hate that Microslop had the audacity to try and pull the trigger on the next big e-waste event, trying to force users to upgrade their stuff (for nasty corporate reasons). I think the situation is going to take a lot longer to improve at least with the current tech scene. 24 months is a hopeful estimate, but, I've been wrong before!

You'll be set for gaming, as based on how gaming looks on Linux now...It's night and day from those uncertain times while I was using Ubuntu 16.04. Like most games, even certain "unsupported" flagged games tend to work more often. It's still a slight risk, but that is what demos are for!