Congrats on your switch-over to Linux. The way you did it, i.e. capable of booting to that or Windows is OK. I've always said that if a person has a favorite application that runs best in Windows (only because it was designed to run in Windows) as opposed to Linux wine, then either dual booting or using MS as a stand-alone is OK. The idea I always try to convey is that when you are going online, to hedge away from the Microsoft and use the more secure Linux, for your surfing, emails, videos, forums, online business, and the like--- Linux also has open source office that you can create your own free documents, and you can also use the Linux for the secure storing of your favorite pictures/videos. Use the MS for it's games or other entertainment that does not require the security.
And if your MS half ever does get malware, they say that it can be booted in Linux (or run "live" off a CD or whatever), to destroy the virus on the MS side of the partition. I've never done this personally, as I canned my MS altogether, but I loaned a Linux disk to a fellow tech and he cleaned up his girlfriend's computer that way.
Also, if you want to get a Mac, I have no nasty words to say about Mac. Being what I call a commercialized form of a Linux-like (actually Unix) operating system, there is a lot of support for that. It's a very good operating system, and they run a tight ship, but it's also more costly, but they are nice and well worth it if you have the money. But even Macs are coming down now, thankfully. However, keep in mind, that since it is commercialized and NOT open source like Linux, you are subject to their rules -- the hardware they want to use plus they install the OS, not you. Some people have worried over deliberate back doors put in with this NSA spying and whatnot, but I always take the stance that once you hit any sort of "send" button and your info is out there in cyberspace, it can be intercepted and scrutinized because it's coming off someone else's computer/server, and you have no control over that. Rather, you should just worry about controlling your own computer, something which Microsoft has a very, very poor attitude about giving a person such power. Apple claims such worries are unjustified and both they and google have been making the encryption harder to crack by LE because these companies refuse to hold the encryption key to decode it any longer. That's why the FBI was griping about that. As for Apple themselves tracking you, then just turn off some of the location services. But in the case of the iphone, I don't see what the beef is about since any tower must use location services for cell service. That's the nature in how it works. Put it in airplane mode if you don't want to be tracked --- simple as that and case solved.
