My experience is the reverse. I've set up a few (custom built) desktops with Linux and they worked great, but recently wanted to repurpose an older laptop and i

My experience is the reverse. I've set up a few (custom built) desktops with Linux and they worked great, but recently wanted to repurpose an older laptop and it's been a mess with a few different distros (doesn't boot with hdmi plugged in, the touchscreen doesn't shut down with the lid down, the keyboard backlight doesn't turn on, etc.). Unfortunately ended right back at Windows 10 since I did want to make use of that device and not keep futzing around with distros and various out of date configuration files and settings.