Hello Jordan,Linux choices are many. Depending what you want accomplish, some are better than others. There are quite a few that are geared to ease the transition from Windows to Linux (see: https://itsfoss.com/windows-like-linux-distributions/). To try a suitable candidate, I would suggest ready-to-run VMs under VirtualBox or VMware (e.g. https://www.osboxes.org/ or Browser Appliance at http://browser.shell.tor.hu/). It is relatively easy to add Opera from the command line if it is not included. P.S. Personally, I had quite a few tribulations when I had remake my VPS from Ubuntu server to CentOS 7 this spring. As such, the installation is easy but finding the right kind of control panel solution proved difficult, I ended with CWP (http://centos-webpanel.com/) (I previously had Ubuntu server with Virtualmin installed by the outside professional, which, by the way, has better backup and restore facilities than CWP). Going from HTTP to HTTPS was easier with CWP. Linux backup solutions proved a bit of a challenge, but then I luckily found Backup ninja (https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-automate-database-backup-with-backupninja/), which can be used for both desktop and server installations. All in all, Linux needs careful attention to detail and some effort.
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