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Yeah nah.
Found the Windows poser.
I don't know how many time it should be said.
If you want to go Linux, DO NOT GO FOR UBUNTU
It was a solid choice 10 years ago, but now it's a piece of headache.
Go Manjaro/EndeavourOS if you need ease of use and relatively bleeding-edge experience. Check Fedora if you want peace of mind. Check Mint once your tools appear in latest mainstream Ubuntu. Do not go for actual Ubuntu.
Using anything aside from Ubuntu is certified headaches when programming. Debian is the least volitile alternative.
If even 24.04 has missing packages when installing stuff compared to 22.04I can't imagine how bad it would get on an Arch derivative.