Linux is a bit of a "build you own os" like you'd diy build a desktop pc. So once know the name of that component u can search for its solutions (kde desktop environment freezing, ubuntu white screen on shutdown but your running linux mint with cinnamon desktop environment.
I'm still new too, but in theory you can pick and choose parts and get exactly what you want. In practice, it's better to stick with lts versions and what's built in for stability. If you want to experiment though, set up something like virtual box and see what works without breaking your actual install.
Set up backups with something like timeshift in case an update breaks stuff. And also look up a way to regularly backup your files (for homework or whatever)
Mostly it's a good idea to look for open source replacements for your programs. Libreoffice can open word docs. .doc files etc. krita can open photoshop files (just no layers )
Microsoft teams could be interesting if you need to use it not in the browser.
After effects is the only program thats lacking a good replacement (but tasks could probably be split into natron + blender).
You main things to watch out for is hardware compatibility.
Check here:
https://linux-hardware.org/
There's a really good reddit post on this i think. https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/ejsz3v/still_on_windows_7_dont_want_windows_10_consider/
Sleep mode and hibernate are sort of iffy in linux.
Theres everything from accidentally overwriting your windows, linux breaking windows, windows breaking linux with an update, wrong partition sizes. Most of the issues i'm seeing around grub end up with an essentially black terminal screen on boot. I'm new enough to not know enough about that yet though.
Read the guides. Always have a live boot usb on hand. Just incase. + Backup. Keep a track of what you do to fix things.
If your running flatpaks on kubuntu, you want a laaaaarge amount of harddrive space. My linux install with my apps took up about 100gb or more. It's super fast compared to windows in my case though
And then also consider the amount of space windows will need + apps + your storage.
Loosing access to or your data would be my main worry. Like ah, if you pc just goes completely flat or theres a power outage drives can get a little scrambled (nfts) of course if you have windows you can repair the disk with the command line.
Acatully thats important to know. Slightly depends on distro, but exfat(?) is the more stable linux filesystem. Bfts is new. Windows uses nfts though. Nfts debatly has some issues with growing bigger and needing trimming. I'm not sure how true this is.
The issue potentially is that if the drive is formatted wrong, you can only access it with one operating system.
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