I have a Dell Precision that was available with Linux from Dell but didn’t have it because it was a scratch and dent I purchased as spec’d directly from Dell.

I have a Dell Precision that was available with Linux from Dell but didn’t have it because it was a scratch and dent I purchased as spec’d directly from Dell. I ran Ubuntu on it for five years until I switched to Windows at the beginning of this year. It has atypical laptop hardware. Like your machine which is why I mention it. Things have broken several times under Linux. The touchpad driver was broken for about 9 months when the Alps driver was deprecated. The WiFi once briefly. Nvidia drivers briefly at least twice…or always if I consider Prime support. Same for Hdpi - 4K was one reason I hopped on the particular deal - except that it’s brokenness goes down to the application-library-compile level under X…never mind Wayland. Note that’s without the compatibility and configuration complexity of WINE or the TTfM of Arch. And again this is a laptop that had factory Linux available and technical support suitable for enterprise customers, not a gaming laptop. I don’t have anything against Linux. I just wasn’t gaining anything from dying on Ubuntu Hill.