Crikey, haven’t used Wine for over 20 years I think. Has it got any better ? 
Linux users, the IT world’s vegans. 
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I have a 12 year old Dell laptop that can’t even do Windows 10 never mind 11. With Linux Mint on it, it runs beautifully smoothly so there is hope !
It was my main PC for many years at home but wasn’t anywhere near good enough for my astrophotography stacking software. A modern PC with 32G reduced a typical stack time from around 2 hours to 5 or 6 minutes.
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Dowloaded linux mint 22.1 this morning, more play time this evening probably. 
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Oi, some of us are just cheap and unwilling to throw out a perfectly performant PC just because it doesn’t meet the requirements for Windows 11.
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Better? Yes, I think so. Though it necessarily is stuck in permanent catch up mode as M$ change or add APIs
My own experience is that, with one exception, apps have not worked well enough to be usable. The exception was Photoshop and even then there were issues with fonts and only the 32-bit version ran well.
Great contribution to the debate … not.
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https://chromeos.google/products/chromeos-flex/
You might consider trying this if Linux doesn’t work for you. I haven’t tried it, but the nice thing about Chromebooks is they do not have that annoying Windows updating going on seemingly all the time. Of course, Chrome is somewhat limiting, but I find that I can do everything I need to do with it. There are built-in spreadsheets and word processors that are compatible with those on Windows.
It’s worth mentioning that all modern OSs will require frequent updates. Depending on which version of Linux you run it might be more often than once a week.
In the early 2000s I ran Sabayon based on Gentoo Linux, intended to be at the bleeding edge, updates would often break the graphical interface (X server then) and the only fix was through the command line. If I’d only had access to a single computer it would have made life very difficult, but I could dual-boot, so would run the other OS, look online for a fix, then come back and sort it. In the end I got fed up and ditched Sabayon for Pear Linux, which looked like OSX, but with fewer flaws. Unfortunately the developer was given a job that required he stopped managing the distro, otherwise I’d probably still be using it.
The situation cannot be any worse than current so willing to give it a shot
Will start with partitioning the disc
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I’d always recommend installing on a spare drive unless you plan to wipe the windows install anyway. Many distros will allow you to select installing alongside windows, and you’re probably going to be able to dual-boot is needed.
So, it hasn’t got any better then 
Twas ever thus. I tried to get a windows based IDE environment working under wine, but it insisted that fonts would only render in 65535 point within the editor.
I think the list of apps that “work” is better, for some value of “work”.
Ah, but is “work” a positive integer? 
More likely an irrational number 
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You just want an extra slice of 𝛑…
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Just managed to update to W11.
I don’t really know what I’ve done but it seems to be working okay.
I used the method here: https://youtu.be/rUXLAhYFTtc
I think actually I’ve installed Windows Server.
Anyway, it’s working. And no need for Mint Lime Wine either (was that Cliff Richard or Elkie Brooks?)
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Mel Brooks I think. 
Just backing up my system and then its linux mint, ran it from a pen drive and loving the speed! Doing the dual boot setup for now whilst I get used to it but setting up was easy.
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I’m tempted.
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There are bits you can customise to your liking but its a learning curve but then so have revisions of microsoft software.