Perhaps the random factor is which devices you have tried. I haven't had a problem with this for literally years, though I don't dispute that some people have p

Perhaps the random factor is which devices you have tried. I haven't had a problem with this for literally years, though I don't dispute that some people have problems, this is because of the state of the drivers for the specific device. When Microsoft owns the vast majority of the desktop market forever, and vendors do not make it a priority to support Linux, it shouldn't be a surprise that new hardware is being sold which is not well supported on Linux.