I have been using Linux systems from the past 10-15 years and they have been my daily driver for almost everything - and I live on my computer. Never have I faced any issue that can't easily be solved. (If at all there were issues)
I'm not saying that people don't have good experiences with Linux desktops. I'm saying that those experiences are still nowhere near universal, especially when you start to involve people who aren't really power users. The most common desktop environments are still wildly inconsistent at best and frequently an accessibility nightmare at worst. Trying to work out whether a given piece of hardware will be well supported (or supported at all!) is difficult. Resolving package manager conflicts, handling non-free firmwares, building and managing kernel modules, these things are _not trivial_. That's before we've even addressed the software that people are often forced to give up. I use a Linux desktop frequently and there are papercuts _everywhere_.
I'm really not sure where this prevailing mentality that you can just install Linux and ride off into the sunset comes from.
IME there are always people who "get stuck" with their computer or end up in "nuke from orbit" situations.
Yesterday and it was terrible.
> Never have I faced any issue that can't easily be solved. (If at all there were issues)
Good luck viewing hdr content.
Which doesn't mean others didn't have issues, huh? Also some people might have not specific knowledge to solve the issues.