Do this:

sudo systemctl --user enable pipewire

Tell us more about your set up, are you on a laptop or do you have an external usb Audio device?

I have been using this for a long while now, it is really good. Navigation is a bit strange but one gets use to it fast.

Bazzite and PopOs are also very good options

Google is using the Microsoft Handbook by providing cheap laptops to students so that’s all they get familiar with.

For Arch.

Check here for your card: https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/CodeNames.html#NV160

Check here for which driver to install: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA

you want a solution for your computer? or for your phone?

if it’s for your phone and it is still iOS then no, the Apple Ecosystem is closed, there are some reverse engineered offers but they tend to be patched out or not be reliable.

Anything user accessible, so not that bad. Restore one backup up and move from there.

In some cases you can fully set it up to always run from the USB Stick and you can get your PC to go

Could you elaborate on the advantages, I’m using wayland and steam for games, no issues so far.

I think you have gotten a lot of good answers so my 2 cents are. Install something simple like Ubuntu and try it out. Getting the answers to your questions will not give you the “feel” of using a linux system. Once you start you will begin to have more answers and a lot more questions, specifically in the areas you are interested in.

Also check the Arch wiki, it is really good for any distro because it gives a good reference for configurations.

I’m curious now, what’s a NZ English word that’s unique to NZ?

And yes, there is no system wide spell check, but I think windows/macos also don’t have this.

The only system I know with system wide spell check are smartphones.

Linux Mint with Mate +1

Linux in general has good language support.