I've finally installed debian on my laptop
and it went relatively smoothly
the only remotely difficult part was the wifi driver, and that was just because I was following a subpar guide :(
but on the last try it was easy peasy lemon squeezy. just had to add a non-free repo to my sources list and apt-get install firmware-iwlwifi
even the trackpad worked right from the start with no issue
so idk what is supposedly so bad about drivers on linux
I'm using Xfce, but with the LXDE terminal bc I like the font