In the 10-ish years I use Linux, I've never had any sound issues. I really don't get how people think this is still an issue.

Time to switch to a Linux distro that works. There's plenty good ones out there, your people must be picking the shit ones... Or compiling their own and badly.

Any distro that uses Pipewire (most at this point) is incredibly stable with the audio setup.

PulseAudio was a bit rough at the beginning, but it got much better. But Pipewire at this point is hands down amazing.