Just use nicotine(the soulseek client), and you will have 0 problems. If you want to support the artist, purchase their stuff on platforms made for that, get the .flac

Stay on win10, if so the choice comes. Just get it debloated and maybe a better protection. If you are sure, get mint or other stable distribution, which I would recommend if you can have some spare time to figure out your setup. Most of the stuff should work out of the box

Love it, Alan baked