besides that linux just doesn’t support my hardware, in all the distros in all the kernels heck even live arch iso there is this weird issue where the pc randomly freezes with those weird screen glitches randomly and the only option to make it work again is force hard reboot

https://unixdigest.com/articles/technical-reasons-to-choose-freebsd-over-linux.html

mine is clarkdale btw just fyi

i am also using ~10 year old pc but mine is kinda lower end compared to yours

the factory reset protection shit isn’t new, it has existed for a long time and is called google frp, where frp literally means factory reset protection