Presumably you've tried using hardware enablement kernels? https://ubuntu.com/kernel/lifecycle https://ubuntu.com/kernel/lifecycle I concur with worbie, rolli

Presumably you've tried using hardware enablement kernels? https://ubuntu.com/kernel/lifecycle https://ubuntu.com/kernel/lifecycle I concur with worbie, rolling release distributions are where it's at: it's the least painful way to use a desktop (reusing the famous phrase, they're the worst operating systems, except for all the others). I recently had issues with the latest kernel, but a) they were fixed within a couple of weeks, not a couple of years, and b) I simply installed linux-lts while fixes were being worked on and continued with my work.