Scanning the OP list. It seems to involve X hardware isn't supported and "You can divide up Y output - can't have two graphics drivers or two audio systems, ha

Scanning the OP list. It seems to involve X hardware isn't supported and "You can divide up Y output - can't have two graphics drivers or two audio systems, have to reboot when things crash or etc". I hope these get fixed but I can't see how they're either "major" or damning. I mean, Linux is intended to be utterly reliable as a server OS but the ability to reboot when X crashes is otherwise a function of how likely it is for X to crash. If it's unusual and rebooting is reasonably easy, what is that problem. Windows itself got by with rebooting as the solution back when problems were far more common than they seem to me to be (once every 1-4 weeks my mouse driver dies and I need to reboot - and that problem IS supposed to be fixable without a reboot but isn't but who cares). I mean, I have had "fuck around 'till it works" problems on Windows when I used it ten years ago and I have had them on my various Linux laptops since then. * As I understand it, the major/damning problem on Linux is that a lot of gaming generally isn't support. That's different from all these problems which are "serious annoyance you can often work around". Like you're #3 is "awful, damning, I never noticed and still haven't tested..." Let's keep this in perspective. Edit: a problem mentioned, that I would consider damning/major is using the CPU for video. That is a serious headache for video conferencing. A list that doesn't pile up all the snafus but instead prioritizes them would be good (I think there's actually far more headache-type issues even this list but I still can use my cheap Ubuntu/Mate laptop for nearly everything and enjoy it).