> After trying 2-3 distros

This is the wrong way. Try hardware designed for Linux instead of a Windows-certified one. Ideally, with preinstalled Linux. Look, the Linux community can't develop drivers for all hardware in the world for free, especially when it has no documentation whatsoever.

> I lacked the ability to set up Linux in accordance with my desires without hours of googling and frustration

This is so fuzzy, I can easily say the same for Windows or MacOS. Depending on you needs, hours of googling might even be very reasonable.