The best way to switch imo is to first to switch some of your currently installed app on windows with others that have a linux version, so you will not be entirely lost when you switch os.
For example Microsoft Office is not available on linux so maybe try libreoffice or onlyoffice, another example Photoshop doesn’t have a linux version too.
Then maybe try to familiarize with the os on a vm or on a live usb, especially on a live usb so you know what works out of the box and with your hardware.
If you want to game look for you games on protondb if they work or not, for online games instead watch areweanticheatyeat to see if the anticheat work.
Last tip is to go with a know distro not something obscure like steamos or kali linux, they are not meant to be used as daily drivers especially kali and can give you problems that will not occurre in other distro!
Because Pop OS comes with nvidia driver preinstalled! On Linux mint you can install the nvidia driver pretty easly but not as easly with them being preinstalled for you.
If you get a good experience doesn’t mean it will be a good experience for everyone. It’s not as bad as it was some time ago but it’s not all cotton candy. (I use a 1060 on Linux btw)
Yes but it does have it’s downsides, for example it can consume more battery and more computational power to do the same tasks of a native app or it’s not compatible with every Android app out there.
I personally don’t think it would replace osm, for what I just viewed on: bdon.github.io/overture-tiles/places.html overture poi are not really placed in the right spots and in my city there are some that are really ancient, so maybe that’s why they don’t want to contribute to osm directly, because they are not that good of a data, but they can become handy for a mapper that know the zone pretty well.
That API doesn’t let you do everything tho, only a number of operations like embed Google Maps on their websites or apps, perform geocoding operations, get directions, and more.
It doesn’t give you direct access to the database!