Linux

Check out Pinta for a decent paint replacement

Welcome aboard! Have a look at krita, Albert, and flameshot for some alternatives to the things you talked about. I like em, maybe you will too :D

Now list all the bad things.

Congratulations. My experience is pretty close to yours. Besides some software and shortcuts I miss from windows, it just works, and in these little moments I need help, there probably a dozen of threads with suggested solutions.

Be aware of Time Shift though. A part of new users report it taking all free space on the drive and crippling system, if used on ext3-4 file system + saving back ups to the system drive + having things like flatpack or TS's own folders not excluded. It happened to me and a lot of others, as I've encountered this question multiple times on the web, so keep an eye on it. You can actually open any save point as a folder from TS's interface and see if it saves what it shouldn't.

My personal experience with Linux over the past few years has drastically changed from before being limited by how few games work on Linux when many tools do a decent job, to almost all games running thanks to proton and being limited to some windows specific tools not existing/working on Linux (mostly adobe suite). I'm really in awe how much the Linux ecosystem has improved over the last few years. I'm daily driving it with so few roadblocks for day-to-day use that unless there is a specific program required for work, there's no hurdles for the majority of my tasks.

I'll mostly share tips regarding what you said, OK?

Quite a few programs still rely on files in ~/.config/. So if you feel like the options in a program are "missing", give its config file a check. (To see hidden directories: Ctrl+H)

There's another MS Paint alternative called Kolourpaint. I personally prefer it over Drawing; once you install it you'll need to install quite a bit of stuff from the KDE environment, but I think that it's worth.

The super key can be configured to your taste. For example mine brings up composing, so if I type Super+e+1 I get ɛ, Super+a+1 I get ɐ, so goes on. (I open the menu with Alt+F1, by the way.) As implied, as a further tip - if you need certain characters you can create custom keystrokes through a file called .XCompose.

This is pretty similar to my experience. I don't have time or inclination to muck about with my operating system more than strictly necessary. Mint just works out of the box and does everything it needs to do without getting in the way.

I'm not a gamer, but I've tried all types of distros, and have gradually always come back to LM. Like you said stuff works as expected, and you're usually pleasantly surprised at how easy things are to do, setup, change and config. It's still a breath of fresh air if you have to use Windows for your day job. 😀

There's a great ms paint alternative from KDE called Kolour Paint, which you can grab from the software center.

Mint was my first distro after migrating from Windows and I loved it! It was exactly what I wanted from my computer without any bs. I've discovered that I can change a lot by editing dconf files (or actually using a program for it).

Later I've tried KDE Neon and never looked back.

Sometimes i like to thinker, but when i need a Computer to just work/rely on (to play bills and stuff) i use Linux Mint

There's always going to be that game... For me it's home world. The best space game without drama. If they made it for console... No issues. But I hate computers. I didn't know there was a home world 2. I'm now going to have to buy a computer and it's going to have to run home world 3. I'm sure there isn't going to be a linux port of it. Not yet. When there is. It will be amazing.