The deed is done. Thanks for the pop os suggestion, tried unbuntu, then mint, and now pop os. I like pop os so far and Think I will stick with it as it likes my gpu out of the box and I am getting tired of testing distros.
Was not difficult at all in install, and so far, everything just works.
Quickly configured gnome to what im used to. May change it back much later.
Not my wallpaper, just some default one.
obviously I just finished and have not reinstalled everything yet. Thanks for the suggestion, I am here to stay.
GOODBYE WINDOWS!