I've been using Linux Mint for 2 weeks now. Everything worked out of the box. No nVidia driver problem, controller works fine, can't speak for Bluetooth since I don't use it.
I only scratched my head on the Joplin synchronization with my phone using Syncthing, which was fixed after maybe 10min of tinkering.
Haven't rebooted to my backup windows install since.
10/10 would recommend.

Dude, I have the exact same steam configuration in Windows, and my controller works. Tell me that's not a Linux issue

Wow telling someone to calm down and claiming they are a kid. Really helpful. Thank you.

Linux Mint is recommended for everyone as the first distro to try. How did I make the wrong decision there?

Nvidia isn't supported well on Windows. A touch of Google fu would have told you that.

I wasn't trying to help lol. You acting out and throwing a tantrum dictated how I responded.

I would have no idea how to set that up. I already tried creating a VM within linux for windows, and it went very poorly

And Bluetooth devices count as hardware. You bitched about that too.

So all of this can be traced back to using a NVIDIA gpu and having to use secure boot?

Got it. I appreciate your response

Not the guy your responding to and I 100% get your frustration, but I want to provide a little anecdote.

Back in November, I built a new desktop to replace my 7 year old one and put OpenSUSE on it. No matter what I tried, I could not get either Bluetooth or WiFi working. I tried updating drivers, restarting controllers, reinstalling the OS, replacing the OS with Mint. Nothing worked.

I did a lot of searching over the next few days, and it turned out that my motherboard was so new that it's built in WiFi chip did not have Linux drivers yet. Like at all.

Most products aren't created with Linux in mind, so compatibility isn't a concern. It's up to the community to create patches & drivers to make things work, and it can take a bit to get things working.

I'm genuinely sorry you had the experience you did, but I hope that if you do return to Windows that you'll give Linux another try in the future. Search your products to see if others have had issues, along with potential solutions, before you dive in.

Nvidia isn't responsible for the other issues you have... Did you do any research about your hardware and Linux compatibility?

Bluetooth will be whatever wireless chipset you're using likely.

Properly dual booting is much more difficult than starting a vm. Starting a vm is as simple as installing boxes and choosing the iso.

By not doing proper research. And "everyone" is a stretch. Had I been involves in suggesting a distro I would have asked what hardware they had.

Why do you need SecureBoot?

That's what atomic distros are for. Detecting problems at the development level, not the user level. Might give one of them a try. And get rid of the dual boot, that's just pain in the ass

Why does secure boot need to stay on?

Even so, you should be able to sign the drivers and use the boot shim if you really want to go through that process.

Thanks for the thoughtful response, and not chastising me like half the other people in this thread. Yes it's been very frustrating because I want to switch full time. I don't understand how I am having these issues on a reinstall of Linux, when my first install had none of these issues.

Thanks for the response

Kid, if you want proof, DM me an invite to a call somewhere you can screencast and I'll show you exactly what the issue is and fix it quickly. I'm that positive.