I worked for a company that used Microsoft for all its servers and workstations(5000+). During this time I played with SUSE and Ubuntu at home. After retiring and Microsoft non-support for machines that were only a few years old, I decided to move over to Ubuntu for all my home. Currently running 8 server and 3 desktop machines. I even run Dotnet8 on Linux. Other than TurboTax, I have no need for Windows. I have only occasionally had an issue but usually it my own fault for a miss-configuration. I have had no issues with hardware or software, in fact keeping things up-to-date is much easier than with Window(less reboots). My current desktop took about 50 - 60 seconds to get login and another 30 after login to being able to use it with windows. On Ubuntu, the boot is about 30 second and after login I can start using almost immediately(finish loading background tasks in 20 seconds).

That depends on MS. If they make it so two year old hardware is unsupported then move to another distro. Have run SUSE, Redhat, and a few others in past. I liked most everyone but found Ubuntu is my favorite.

Recently purchased a new laptop and without any thought on keeping Win 10/11 just installed Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop. Have switched my laptops to Linux when MS decided that a few years old hardware was unsupported. I currently run 10 Ubuntu 22.04 Servers on a VMWare ESXI machine and Desktop on my 2 laptops. Best move ever made.