Of course it's proof of concept, that was my bad. Thanks!

Ventoy with all the distro LiveUSB images you want to try on it. You should be able to configure them as if they're installed, unless you have to reboot. If your issues are hardware based, you'll have a tough time doing anything useful on VMs. If you find you have to reboot to do anything, you're probably going to want to actually install it. But you should get an idea of how things will go with a distro by doing this.

Thanks so much seriously. This is great

I know. That's why the live usbs are a life saver. I really just use the live usb to test everything out.

oh are you using secure boot? my condolences

There comes a time where it goes from frustrating to fun if you keep at it. You'll snap into it and be like, "I know how to fix this!" or other times you'll be furiously searching the web for your answer. I don't think you'll regret Pop!_OS. I started there and have been distro-hopping ever since. A lot is set up right out of the box in Pop.

Just sit back and work on one issue at a time until it works. Check into and learn how to setup Timeshift (basically system restore), you may thank yourself later. Though, Debian is pretty damn hard to break without actively trying to break it.

They just need to learn how YaST works and it's done mostly. They won't even need terminal for anything. I installed openSUSE Leap on my sister's PC and she's using it without any problems for quite some time (Though gotta admit installing Xbox controller driver was a hassle, maybe it's not like that for Tumbleweed). She previously used Manjaro, Pop!_OS, and Mint and she had problems with all. Leap is pretty much perfect. (Let me put nazar amulet here 🧿)

If you come with expectations that you’ll just be fully catered no matter what your setup is and expect things to just work without ever trying to understand problems, you sure can be disappointed. Believe or not, most of the time those issues are out of control for Linux or the distros, as your hardware vendor made it to work on Windows and Windows only. Community is here to help you, but with your attitude it gets difficult no matter how much others try to help.

i had a similarly confusing and frustrating experience when trying Ubuntu on a netbook many years ago. It has come a long way since then but sometimes you can get a bunch of annoying issues all at once.

It could just be bad luck with the hardware you have (no one really ever cares about the bluetooth adapter in their system until it causes issues) or Mint being behind the bleeding edge.

You might find Fedora KDE to be more compatible with your setup, or you can leave it a bit longer and check back later. No harm in patience!

I absolutely disagree with you. If a manufacturer does not care about Linux support, it's on the manufacturer. Do not blame the thousands of unpaid volunteers and a few paid ppl for not supporting a specific BT chip or controller or whatever.

The signing issue is so on OP cause disabling secure boot or using a supported distro like ubuntu could have fixed that, and yes you can run Windows 11 with Linux dual boot without secure boot.

However, for some reason on PC it's often quirky (Windows or Linux). My PC bluetooth works through a dongle so I wonder if an integrated card would do better.

Is it an USB dongle?

If so, make sure to add a short USB-A to USB-A cable between your PC and the dongle. Interference is a serious issue on USB 2.4 GHz wireless dongles when directly connected to a mainboard.