[cpburns2009]

I've used Linux as my primary OS for the past 15 years. I haven't had any more driver or hardware issues with Linux than with Windows for the past 10 years.

I've never had problems with Nvidia cards or Intel's integrated GPUs. Just make sure to stick to the proprietary drivers which can be installed through the OS package manager.

Your best choice for Linux is to choose one of the popular distributions. I'd recommend either Ubuntu or Fedora. The choice of distribution is largely arbitrary. Ubuntu is owned by Canonical, a UK company. Fedora is now owned by Oracle, a US company. I gravitate towards Ubuntu because I primarily use Ubuntu Server at my day job.

The next step is choosing the desktop environment: KDE or Gnome. KDE resembles Windows while Gnome resembles Mac. I prefer KDE personally.

Fedora with Gnome: https://fedoraproject.org/workstation/

Fedora with KDE: https://fedoraproject.org/spins/kde/

Ubuntu with Gnome: https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

Ubuntu with KDE: https://kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/