No, no it wouldnt. Because between Wayland infighting and DE infighting and what not and UX quirks and more blah blah blah it would run like molasses
Just see how well a touchpad works on linux.
I don’t want to ignite programming language wars but, seriously, would it be that hard to get the current software “compatible” with a linux setup?
If it is that hard then fire the software “engineers” and hire ones who will do a better job.
Right now you either have niche near-obsolete devices which are unlocked, mainstream locked devices or mainstream unlocked but technically messy.
So why and how to improve something you can't install?
They can install it on any x86 laptop and yet it runs worse than windows a lot of times
Sure, drivers play a part, but user-level software is also an issue
Spoken like someone who hasn't been near a Linux desktop/laptop for more than a decade.
This is flat out false. FFS even gaming has massively advanced to the point where most games just work out of the box with Proton (some even run better than on Windows, like Elden Ring). What issues are there with user-level software outside of certain vendors not porting their software, for which usually there's a FOSS/cross-platform alternative which is usually good enough (of course it can't cover every scenario, but nobody is saying it should).
Some drivers are still shit, but funnily the last one I had issues with is a MediaTek WiFi/BT chip, which also has a shitty driver on Windows..
But I always went back to XFCE or Gnome2 because the slowness was palpable (Unity was a very bad OotB experience).
I'm using PopOS and it's as good as it gets. I have a few minor I18n complaints because I'm picky on that but Windows is much worse in this area.