Hello everyone! This is my very first post on Dev.to. Today, I want to share a frustrating yet eye-opening troubleshooting experience I had while distro hopping.

The Backstory

I am an Informatics Engineering student. For a while, I had been dual-booting Windows and Linux Mint. Eventually, I got a bit bored with Linux Mint and decided it was time to try a new distribution.

For context, here is my setup:

Laptop: Acer Nitro 16 (Intel Core i5, NVIDIA RTX 3050, Realtek Wi-Fi card)