Windows 8 has nothing on Windows ME. WORST, OS, EVER!
I actually like Linux for a alot of reasons but it doesn't matter what distro your use, driver support usually sucks and no matter how good the GUI at some point you'll have to resort to terminal, and comand lines vary between distros, so it's wise to stick with one for a good while and learn it.
But good luck with networking and bluetooth if you have Broadcom hardware.
Good luck with getting touchpad gestures working or those extra buttons on your Logitech mouse.
Good luck with VGA drivers if you're running older hardware (although LInux MESA drivers aren't terrible all things considered)
And so on and so forth...