I have been using bitcoin core on windows for most of a year. I guess it is time for me to migrate that to linux...
linux it is but will take me awhile...
I had to (re)learn a lot about Linux, but after a similar suggestion from Kano and FireTreeActual several months ago, I took the plunge on a FREE route that started by searching for "Ubuntu Bitcoin Core".
Prior to installing anything, I ran through the gamut of all those hash value comparisons (e.g. SHA-256, MD5) of a few Ubuntu distros/flavors.
Since I wanted to dedicate an old laptop for this use only, I went with Lubuntu, and after finally realizing my DVD drive was going bad and causing it not to boot during the test-driving phase, I burned the LTS version to a jump-drive, installed that, and then installed Bitcoin Core, which probably took weeks of syncing due to the old laptop locking up after running out of memory every once and a while--still not bad for an old 1.6GHz dual core, 3GB of RAM Compaq.
Luckily, a long time ago, I upgraded the hard-drive to 500GB.
It not only grew my brain, but I also believe it's the best route overall. I, for one, do not trust any third party with my private keys, which is why I started this journey with generating paper wallets on the above mentioned "old laptop" that was air-gapped at the time of address generation and has since been wiped--not with a cloth.
Best of luck, and long live the republic &
BTC!