Being the Debian-based distro that's willing to bundle proprietary drivers. For someone like me who doesn't want to deal with driver issues, Ubuntu generally* just works out of the box.
* Looking at you, Nvidia
* Looking at you, Nvidia
Also, to be clear, my asterisk is that Nvidia drivers seem to be no easier on Ubuntu than on Debian (you have to seek them out), and for me they've often caused problems once installed.
It always felt like going through the distro's included stuff was a waste of time.
There is firmware in the main ISO, which means your WiFi might work. The Nvidia driver is an `apt install` away.
Either way, Nvidia needs to be installed by you on Debian or Ubuntu, and GUI vs CLI is no different to me.
And yes, I was calling out Nvidia as the exception to "it just works" even on Ubuntu. I realize that wasn't clear.