One thing to keep in mind as you (hopefully) get more into this, since you're not looking to do low-light photography, I would suggest cheeping out on the body, and emphasizing moreso for the glass. The lens you use matters a whole lot more than the body itself. That being said, make sure you like the features/look of the photos taken by more expensive bodies as well. It'll make upgrading a whole lot cheaper since you'll only need to upgrade the body instead of everything when you realize another brand has the look you want
(I started out on a Nikon D3200 in hs, then realized after college I liked Sony's mirrorless lineup a lot. I'm currently in the process of replacing the lenses I had originally gotten for the D3200, in addition to the camera body itself)
I recently switched from windows to fedora for my main pc, only had one issue with nvidia drivers (most likely due to user error, it was my first Linux experience), but since fixing its been almost flawless with gaming. I've only had 1 instance of mouse bindings not working properly, but a quick restart of the software that controls it fixed the issue