It’s interesting that you can see exactly when antergos shut down where Popos and Manjaro surge in popularity.

Kernel version, graphics drivers, and are you using X or wayland? If you’re seeing it across distros it could be a hardware support issue but I have no idea what laptop that is.

what applications would run in ReactOS that wouldn’t run through Proton/Wine? Drivers and usb hardware support are the main things ReactOS currently are better positioned to support that I know of.