I have a Linux laptop and a windows laptop. I bought the windows laptop for games and to hobby in game development , blender and unreal engine but I can't stand

I have a Linux laptop and a windows laptop. I bought the windows laptop for games and to hobby in game development , blender and unreal engine but I can't stand windows even for those basic purposes the popups for updates and other "do you want to set this setting now" when I just quickly want to open a browser and google something drive me nuts. Put notifications in the toolbar in the right with some annoying icon and leave me alone. I know what Linux is doing all the time and if not it's easy to look up but windows Microsoft magic makes me feel like I need tons of more security apps than I would like to have running. I need a windows lite.