My personal journey:

Install random Linux distro as virtual machine or dual boot, use it until you run into something you can’t fix. Look for an alternative.

Do this a couple of times, my path was: Ubuntu, Manjaro, PopOS, Zorin, Debian, Mint. I ended up replacing windows completely with Mint. It’s nice, easy, customizable, and I can play my games on it when I need to 👍

Learning the terminal is easily done on linuxjourney.com!