I want the opposite: id like a way to run the windows kernel, drivers and most low level OS stuff by windows, but with a Linux user Interface: Cinammon, apt and all the debian stuff.
I run Mint as my main OS, but hardware compatibility is still a headache in Linux for me.
You can resurrect SFU and build a replacement GUI for Explorer. You can't get rid of Win32, but you can cover up most of it. Implementing a Personality would be the Windows-way of doing this as it is designed for just what you ask.
I’ve never bought one of the dedicated Linux laptops, but I’ve had pretty good luck with AMD stuff.
My current laptop, Thinkpad P16s AMD Gen 2, was pretty straightforward to get working with NixOS. No special drivers, and everything, including WiFi and function buttons on the keyboard, worked fine without any kind of special concessions.
This was also the case for my last non-Mac, from 2017-2020, I got Ubuntu installed on there without many headaches, and it wasn’t a specific Linux laptop, though again it was AMD.
I run Mint as my main OS, but hardware compatibility is still a headache in Linux for me.