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It depends on how much time you want to spend learning it and become a power user.
If your reasonably tech-savvy and you are in for the long game, I suggest to go for n. 1: it’s a worthwhile investment.
I support what some of the people here say: don’t do a hard switch.
Install Linux in dual boot (or, if possible, use a dedicated machine) and see how it goes. You can always fallback to Windows if needed.
My 2 cents:
Doesn’t pyenv solve?
In Linux there are already much better options than Ardour that I highly suggest to try:
These are not hobbyist products, we are talking about professional level software here, so they are both paid.
In any case REAPER is usable for free if you don’t use it commercially and it’s so cheap for the value it brings that there are no excuses for not buying it.
Depending on what you do, the professional options are REAPER as a standard DAW and Bitwig Studio for more sequencer-based worflows.
Not sure about plugin availability though.
Python.
Just remember to use pyenv for interpreter installation, version and environment management. It’s pretty straightforward that way and you have predictability.
Don’t ever manually fiddle with the system python and/or libraries or you’ll break your system. You should just rely on the package manager for that.
0.13%? This is definitely the year of linux desktop.