Sometimes you get tired of googling for solutions for random problems.

I installed ubuntu 22 yesterday on a brand new SSD and after a stock install and a couple of basic downloads (Intellij etc), the Settings app stopped launching and disappeared from the power menu after a reboot- as if something had removed it. No, I didn't remove anything.

I had to re-install the package ubuntu-desktop to get it back after googling.

I can't imagine mac or Windows ever having that sort of problem.

Except its not. I still have Linux issues I have not been able to resolve that "just work" on both Windows and MacOS.

I've been using Debian for 20-25 years and it never gets straightforward.