Ubuntu is fine. Drivers are annoying on all distros (nvidia updates for me mainly, I don’t update hardware often).

I have daily driven various distros and tested a lot since the 90s and I pay close attention to time spent on customizing and fixes, and ubuntu just isn’t worse than other distros. I make setup scripts and have custom dockerfiles for webtops.

I want to like nixos or whatever fork will prevail, but it’s more work than people want to admit. I personally don’t want to have to pay that much attention to my operating system. It’s why i ditched gentoo almost 20 years ago. I don’t want to lurk forums for fixes and tweaks. I also make sure hardware I buy doesn’t have glaring compatibility issues.

If Ubuntu rubs you the wrong way but you are fine with most of it, just use debian.

300mcg melatonin is the recommended dosage to be effective and not have extra side effects. Higher dosages aren’t any more effective. I can’t take it very long or i start to feel some melancholy.

Sleepy time tea helps, listening to not that entertaining of audiobooks, meditation, reading wikipedia. Some people don’t react to benadryl in the intended way.