It's gets easier and easier every year to want an alternative to Windows, but it remains impossible to actually switch, at least for me.
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Bluetooth connection to my headset sometimes causes the entire system to hard lock, requiring physical reset.
Sound sometimes goes static-y, have to reboot to fix.
I had to download a third party tweaker app to disable a sound output device that I didn't want to use.
Tearing of full screen video, I don't even remember how I fixed it.
A notification about something called "snap store" keeps coming up and needs a command line fix to dismiss.
The built-in app store keeps notifying me about a firmware update for my wireless keyboard. I'm not interested, and there is no way to dismiss it.
Firefox on Linux has an obnoxious habit of refusing to open a new tab until I restart it for updates (that were installed automatically, not through the system updates app). Sure, I want my browser up-to-date, but this is not an issue on Windows where it will never force you to restart the application. I looked around why this is the way it is, and the answers were that it had to do with how Linux works.
And, yeah, games.
I have a BT keyboard (keychron), mouse (mx master 3s) and two headphones. They've all always connected instantly under Linux.
The headsets can use LDAC and aptx HD, which are both unsupported under Windows but work perfectly under Linux.
The mouse has noticeable lag under Windows, while under Linux it's indistinguishable from its wireless (non-BT) dongle. Installing the Logitech app and drivers doesn't change anything.
The keyboard and headphones usually take a while to connect under windows.
Except for the mouse, I've had these same peripherals on multiple PCs, all with Intel wireless cards, and all have exhibited the same difference in behavior between Windows and Linux.
> I had to download a third party tweaker app to disable a sound output device that I didn't want to use.
This is weird, I can disable any and all sound peripherals from the pulse audio control panel. I don't use ubuntu, though, so not sure what its default apps are.