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oh, I thought this was a circlejerk post. Sorry haha.
Assuming it's serious, I'd use perhaps ubuntu or linux mint or something. Just to dip your toes in. An "easy" linux distro. Before you know it, you'll be doing LFS.
If you have enough space on your drive (or, preferably, a second drive), you can dual boot with windows. I'd probably do that first, then when you reach a point that you hardly ever use windows, blow that shit away. there are some guides online how to install it dualbooted, and there will be (and are) some good instructions here
I posted it in a jokey way don't worry lol
ah, I thought so. you fooled us all :)