The problem is that developing drivers for Linux AND Windows will always take more time/resource than developing drivers for Windows alone. This is hardly Linux

The problem is that developing drivers for Linux AND Windows will always take more time/resource than developing drivers for Windows alone. This is hardly Linux's fault. And, well, if you buy hardware from shoddy vendors, don't expect it to work with every OS. For me personally Linux has always worked decently out-of-the-box, and outperformed Windows with a bit of tinkering. (I admit I never bothered to do tinkering in Windows though. I don't know if you can, and how much can be done.)