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Changing over is not for everyone as some things are done differently.
That said, I read something (forget where) about Win vs Linux. Paraphrasing here: On Win, what you learned in the past tends to get changed and more confusing in the long run. On the other hand, for Linux, change doesn't happen so often. So, once learned, sticks around more.
I was thinking of it more for my grandson to do in order to learn something over the summer. Kind of a computer camp exercise.
To OP, yes, it does sound like there’s isomething using up all the memory and then what happens is it gets written to the hard drive, which is obviously slower. An SSD will make this appear fixed because it is essentially a big hunk of RAM. I’d make sure whatever is causing this is known first to see if you actually want to invest money so that program can run. If it is a program using memory, then I would start with some extra memory as it should be cheaper and fix the problem. OTOH, all my machines (that I use regularly) have SSD’s and I love them. I get an SSD large enough to hold my programs and a regular HD for the data files. I also get a good amount of RAM. Machines boot up very quick and operate very fast. Way more than what I need for my uses, but way more satisfying to use.