It's sad that you had such a bad experience and that some people think they're supperior just because they know something you don't. Unfortunately I have met that kind of people myself from time to time. That being said I am still on Linux for my programming needs (since 2002). But I mostly do PHP/web programming and I find it easier to use docker on Linux for that. All OS have their quirks. I manage both Windows and Linux servers in my daily work so I get to experience them first hand. My best advice is (if you still want to). Try it again in a virtual machine. Just remember Windows is not the same as Linux. Oh and I have always found that Linux Mint is easier to work with than Ubuntu, even though Mint is based on Ubuntu.

I'll second that. Don't dual boot. You're just asking for trouble. It's been many years since I've even wanted to try dual boot. I have been using Virtualbox on both my systems to give access to an instance of the other. (One windows and one Linux machine).