However most of the issues are just ubuntu. Switching to manjaro resolved 95% of my issues and steam out of the box ram games much better.
Never tried fedora tho. No one has ever recommended that to me.
Though upgrading kernel was a bit of a ride the time when it wasn't even possible to boot to console with the freshly installed system..
Was that just due to a newer kernel?
While on 20.04 I did attempt to upgrade the kernel which fixed some issues but introduced others. For me I just got to the point where fiddling and fixing was no longer fun and I just wanted to use my computer without it randomly freezing, rebooting, low FPS.
I think if I ram ubuntu on my parents computer which is much older they would be totally fine. It’s definitely a lot better now than when I tried switching them 10 years ago. But for me it was a painful experience cos I like keeping my hardware current.
He even linked[1] the GPU issue he was having in the post. so he's not the only one.