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Most of the problems listed are graphics related. OP mentioned having an Nvidia GPU. Seems to follow. 99% of the issues I ever had on Linux were resolved with an AMD GPU. Nvidia's support for Linux is atrocious (outside of the enterprise space).
That's true, but also a very bad thing.
Most users (read: laptop users) cannot just swap their GPU. They'd have to swap the whole device.
Combine that with the fact, that many people get interested in using Linux when Windows doesn't work any more (e.g. because they don't qualify for Win11 or when they have issues in Windows that they can't resolve), and the general popularity of Nvidia cards (they used to be much better than AMD for a long time) and you get a lot of users with problems.
Obviously, Nvidia is to blame here, but that doesn't help users who can't use their PC fully on Linux.
G-sync monitors have also given me issues on Linux (w/ either AMD or NVIDIA gpus)
GUI mode was fine but I still never got it to display the text mode boot up screens properly, which is fine, until it breaks and then it's really a problem.
Fingerprint readers are in many cases a complete write-off when moving to Linux.
Touchpads not made by Synaptics are also a big issue.
Generally, any hardware that isn't standard CPU/storage/mouse/keyboard/printer/AMD GPU is touch and go. Depending on the model, they might work great or not at all.