I think the lesson to be learned here is: "Just works" means different things to different people. The condescending replies, which seem to accuse the OP of not

I think the lesson to be learned here is: "Just works" means different things to different people. The condescending replies, which seem to accuse the OP of not using the right distro, or not using "the good Linux hardware", are all by people for whom Linux does "just work" (for them). Personally, I don't think that Linux "just works", but again, that's based on the factors that I care about.