As many are already saying, it pretty much depends on hardware. If you carefully select it, you won't have much issues at all with a distribution like Ubuntu, w

As many are already saying, it pretty much depends on hardware. If you carefully select it, you won't have much issues at all with a distribution like Ubuntu, which actually lists "certified" hardware here: https://ubuntu.com/certified https://ubuntu.com/certified I recently installed Ubuntu on a certified Dell Precision and was impressed how smooth that went, even with stuff like full disc encryption, secure boot, docking station support, NVidia Optimus, etc. It's not perfect, but neither is Windows. With a bit of fiddling you'll even get features that are unavailable on Windows (like proper S3 sleep instead of "modern standby", which is driving me absolutely bonkers). Even notoriously problematic stuff like fractional scaling on external monitors really worked well. Installing the NVidia drivers instead of Noveau is trivial, even Dell firmware updates for the docking station can be directly installed from the Ubuntu software center. So while there surely is a lot to criticize about Ubuntu from a poweruser's perspective (like the snap stuff), I must say that I was pleasantly surprised how much better the experience has become over the years.