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This is pretty much PopOS. Especially with how drivers are integrated into the package manager app.
Nowadays you dont gotta use the terminal very often, but I agree that we can do more to make common tasks powered by the GUI instead, or implicitly work out of the box.
My pain point with Linux atm is how my Laptop's HDMI output doesnt work unless I'm on Nvidia-only graphics. Not only does that require logging out to switch, but it takes a command line program AND it stills feels like a broken workaround for something that would "just work" on Windows.
DisplayLink drivers also suck ass too, sadly.
Other than that, which is a pretty big pain point for new users, Linux is definitely as "out of the box" if not moreso than Windows, regardless of the distro.