Switching to Linux, advice.

I am getting a bit fed up with Microsoft, so I'm looking at switching to Linux, probably Mint Cinnamon.

I don't really have too many productivity related tasks, and all of those I can deal with online. My main use case would be gaming (generally older/niche games) and web browsing. I know the latter won't be an issue.

I'm planning on either doing a test run on my laptop (ASUS TUF A15, Ryzen 7 5800H, nvidia 3060) which I use occasionally. Or plug in a spare SSD on my desktop (AMD+nvidia again) and use it as a daily driver.

I was wondering if anyone here have experience on aforementioned laptop with Linux (Mint?)? Or recommendations, possible issues etc.

My experience with Linux so far was a few months on Ubuntu about a decade ago, but I am decently proficient with Windows systems generally. I've been dealing with them since MSDOS days.

Thank you for any feedback.