Top distribution for ASUS TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition
Top distribution for ASUS TUF Gaming A16 Advantage Edition
The ideal Linux setup for your laptop would be a distro that boots without issues and runs smoothly in the background. Zorin OS and Kubuntu 23.10 are mentioned as potential options, though the latter had boot problems. Consider exploring other lightweight distributions if stability is a priority.
It's worth checking if you've already cleaned up Windows. I perform this on every device that comes in from work, and we experience very few problems. Any changes made by the original manufacturers usually make the operating system difficult to use. Notably, HP tends to do this poorly, though ASUS is quite heavy-handed as well.
.... Installing Linux would do the same thing reinstalling Windows would in regards to returns. Neither. Get an 8GB+ USB drive, download the Media Creation Tool from Microsoft, create a Windows 11 install USB on said drive. Boot from that, delete your hard drive partitions, then just click next (windows will automatically make the partitions it actually needs) and run through the install. Doing a reinstall from inside Windows itself will just re-use the same Windows image that's causing the problems in the first place. There is an option to download a new copy instead of reinstalling from local media, but I don't know if this grabs a clean ISO from Microsoft or the bloatware one from the OEM's servers. I always play it safe and simple, just use a USB drive.