I've done the same, though I've used Linux in work and home for 22 years (I think 2004 was my first install).

At home I consistently gave up on Linux due to hardware and game compatibility issues.

A combination of buying a steam deck plus windows 11 pushed me back to Linux.

It is oddly peaceful using mint Linux. No adverts. No "like what you see" wall paper click bait. No news site click bait. No register with an online Microsoft account that doesn't have a no button. Just my computer.

The one annoying thing is, some games just don't play nice with wine / proton (for some reason I want to play soldier of fortune, even though I know it's not great). Others are a pain to set up. But mainly it is good enough. (I'm a gog.com junkie). So I may end up installing windows 11 lts. Though I did that with windows 10 and it was lacking some DLLs that some old games needed and was pretty much unfixable.