Then post that into a linux community. Please don’t post non linux related stuff.

Post it into a windows community, not linux.

That’s why there is mint. To circumvent ubuntu’s bad choices.

Which distro do you use? Those maintainers are the ones who decide what settings and apps are default in the final distro. It sounds like there is a keyboard and it’s just not yet the GNOME default.

Just like ubunru chooses to use a task bar which is not default in vanilla GNOME.

I would be happy to pay someone more money for a linux device than to apple

I’ve got fedora and I have no idea what version it runs. Must be the same for ubuntu/mint. You just let it auto update and don’t care about it anymore

Edit: reading other comments shows that people recommend waiting. I don’t get it. Just install it now and update in a couple of days. Even if it was tomorrow, I wouldn’t wait. On fedora updates happen in the background, maybe I’m spoiled.

You compare a machine that a vendor has prepared for windows to you preparing the pc for linux. It sounds like you did the setup. Alternatively, you could’ve paid someone to do that job for you. You could’ve bought a framework laptop with linux. It would work out of the box without any issues. And if there is one, you can blame framework.

Because I had issues with the distros I was using, I distro jumped. If the distro is perfect, there is little reason to jump. Ever since jumping onto fedora silverblue I don’t do anything with the OS anymore. It just works. I mainly install flatpaks. Did you try a live usb with some distros before deciding upon ubuntu studio? You chose one niche distro and to me it sounds like you judge about all distros.

A distro is just a package manager and a set of settings and apps pre selected by someone. If those settings don’t work out for you, it might be the wrong distro.

That adds an unneccessary layer of complexity to thr situation. Resizing partitions isn’t difficult or takes long.

Because there are people recommending it which is nuts