There are plenty of choices.
List of Linux distributions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions
List of BSD operating systems
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_BSD_operating_systems
Debian Linux itself is fairly easy to install from the instructions at the site without being too heavy. Many other distributions are based on it. If your machine is not very new or powerful, the Xfce install is alright (XFCE: type of window manager, GUI, whatever—very light and fast).
It’s best to look around the site of any particular Linux distribution for familiarity (find the package archive for your version, various kinds of instructions, etc.). It’s all much easier than during the mid-’90s—easy as installing Windows, IMO, and much faster to install. The jargon is different from that of Windows and requires some familiarization along the way.
If you have plenty of computer power, prefer the utmost in ease of use and like to interface with many gadgets, maybe a distribution like Ubuntu would be the way to go. And there are many other choices.
Anyway, most who make the transition are glad that they did. Once familiar with a Linux system, the nuisances are far fewer.
Thanks I’ll take a look maybe get something loaded into one of my old machines to get used to it. MS needs to get it’s act together. W8 was a disaster they refuse to admit just like VISTA and W/ME were. If MS follows it’s pattern 9 might work. It seems every other OS that MS puts out is dysfunctional trash ware and that forces them to clean up their act for the next one.