Most settings average “Facebook machine” users need are available on common distros without touching a console.

Unless you want to emulate common windows software. Then only God can save you.

I use Arch, btw

All true. The point is that win 11 doesn’t support a lot of old hardware that’s perfectly usable, just doesn’t have TPM2.0 chips built into them. There are some hacks around it, but it takes a great deal of desire and proficiency to make them work.