ayyyyy i didn't fuck it up!
after 3 hours of me constantly rewinding a tutorial on my phone, i finally got kubuntu working! I can now pull the middle finger at windows 11 which can't even put the taskbar at the top of the screen (honestly it's so much more convenient up there.)
also i had a mental breakdown because i couldn't eat a sausage at dinner and now mum is getting me some kind of food therapist.