If you really want your system to work, you have to. This has been the case since the dawn of the computer age. Nowadays most desktop hardware is intended for W

If you really want your system to work, you have to. This has been the case since the dawn of the computer age. Nowadays most desktop hardware is intended for Windows users. Therefore, hardware vendors make their stuff work with Windows systems and jump through Microsoft's hoop to get certified. Linux is just irrelevant for many hardware vendors. And without vendor collaboration, it is just plain difficult to write drivers that make full use of the hardware.