You seem very fixed in your opinion that I’m some sort of crybaby. You must remember that there are people that have less knowledge than you have. I installed Linux because of people here suggesting it, with exactly the amount of knowledge you would have if you never bothered with operating systems before, so, none.

There have been problems with it. First I had to fix the system staying black after waking up from sleep. Then the webcam stopped working. Now it doesn’t even boot anymore.

expects someone else to fix your shit for free

Actually, not at all. I looked for paid support options as well, but didn’t find any that looked reputable.

How valuable is the data on your laptop? Did you have it backed up? If so, stop worrying and just take the Windows approach.

Not extremely, however it’s extremely surprising that you would suggest me to use Windows. I’m as unfamiliar with it as Linux.