You can put Linux Mint on a bootable USB and try it, to see if it works well with your hardware. Mint is a great first Linux for former Windows users, since its desktop has a similar layout and it comes with a lot of free, good software, and maybe the best GUI software package manager ever.
Other distros have other advantages - I'm a happy NixOS user now - but Mint makes an excellent first Linux.
Other distros have other advantages - I'm a happy NixOS user now - but Mint makes an excellent first Linux.