I have a zenbook as well (not the same model) and I only had problems with Windows. When coming back from suspension it would be hot and the screen had like white fog on the edges. I tried to fix it but with no success. Frustrated with that I decided to give Linux a try and never had that problem again.
I assume you changed the ssd, I didn't know that was possible, I thought it was soldered to the motherboard. Is it possible you received a faulty drive from WD?
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why not just evaluate the apps themselves
GIMP is shipped by default with Linux distros
This isn't true for most distros. Might be for some specific distro, but most distros I've used don't come with GIMP pre installed.
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Nvidia and Wayland work when used in compatible desktop environments. GNOME and KDE Plasma are supported. Something like sway, for exapmle, doesn't support Nvidia.
Before switching to Linux I used to think: "Linux users really use the terminal to install apps?? So archaic". Now I can't be more grateful of being able to install everything from the terminal.
Using nvidia with Arch is super simple. Just select the nvidia proprietary drivers during installation (archinstall), and it's done. It is great for gaming, steam is available in the multilib repository (enable it during the installation with archinstall). It is pretty much ready to go after the installation. You might have heard that it is super hard to install, but that is if you install it manually (without archinstall). Haven't tried suse myself, so I can't talk about it, but I can definitely recommend Arch, not only for gaming but for daily driving as well. Having the AUR spared me the headaches I had back when I used mint and fedora, and programs weren't available in the distro repository.
that's weird. I just opened discord and deleted my phone number without any issues, just had to type password and 2fa and done. I did it in the android app btw.
Judging by the reasons Malte Jurgens listed on the issue, it looks like it would be a good decision.
for simplicity I think sxiv supports ebooks
don't forget if you have location enabled in your phone it tracks every single place you've been to