Same. I used a GitHub project called Windows10Debloater and about 5 months later Windows Update totally broke. I tried everything under the sun to fix it but nothing worked; it was either reinstall or upgrade to 11. I chose the latter and things are fine now.
And yes I use Linux on all my machines; I dual-boot Windows for convenience on a couple though since a few tools i use are Windows-only but I don't use them enough to warrant getting them working in WINE