Like with any unfamiliar tech I find it is probably smoother to start small and work your way up.

So find a laptop that people have no issues running Linux on. Get one and then install just Linux on that and play with it.

The thing is, Linux has a small user base and so it probably isn't realistic to expect it to support every conceivable hardware configuration on top of dual booting on every one with Windows. It's way better than it used to be but sometimes people run into problems. Like me trying to get 5.19 kernel to work properly with my specific newer AMD GPU (any 6.x kernel is fine so like Fedora? No prob).

One of the things I try to do is research what network card chipsets, sound chipsets, and video card models work easily because some just don't.

It sucks I know. Linux doesn't have a gazillion dollar market behind it providing significant incentive for vendors to get their shit straight. Even so Linux does pretty well.

Anyway. When you're fighting with several things at once it is easy to get overwhelmed and frustrated. Dual boot with windows, alone, can be iffy in my recent experience. Then add Nvidia, more headache. Then add some less common use cases like rdp... Etc.

Best of luck if you try again.

Bummer that it's giving you such a hard time. On rdp: Linux/Linux doesn't even need it. ssh to remote. Run gui app. It runs on remote and displays locally. Wayland is probably going to kill that though. Until it does, the X11 client / server model is pretty swank.

Bummer! Sounds like a pain in the ass.

I wish I had a suggestion for you, but I only use two monitors and all of my work is ssh, no RDP needed.

I am a long time Linux user but even I am struggling recently as I have finally started working towards migrating my last windows machine ( strictly for gaming ) over to Linux with a windows partition for the one off chance I need to play on windows still. Currently only 1.5 of my monitors work ( my left monitor top half is black. ) It is fine in post, bios and windows but not in my fedora distro. Also, my performance tanked even though I can see my GPU is working as intended. My high refresh monitor is also not playing nice and ghosting all over the place, unlike in windows where there is only standard tearing when there is a frame rate mismatch.

Fortunately for me, I like tinkering and solving these issues, but I can imagine for someone wanting to avoid messing with their equipment it is probably more of a headache than a challenge. But I have personally always been of the mindset of using the tool that works best for you, with the exception of any moral considerations you may have. (I am just not a fan of windows or apple as a company.)

Good luck with your issue and I hope you find a resolution, but if not, I would just use what works.

Sad storry dude. I am running POPOS with gtx1060 as my daily driver for a year now. I used to have 3 monitors, but have 2 atm. Im using rustdesk (tried more apps and still looking for the best one) to connect to my office PC (windows, single monitor) and the other way around. Everything works great, but I need few apps that are windows only (main reason I use remote desktop). Other than that, cant play few games on linux, but i dont care about games that much. I was sure Ill have to go back to windows, but never happened

Sound like fun 🙃 frustrating fun, but hopefully you get something that works when you come back to it. Unusual setups always pay the price.

I would suggest trying a remote desktop solution other than rdp... Although I can see how that may not work since it would involve installing software on your work machine.