I don’t think hardware vendors will use chips or parts that lack decent working linux drivers, which would make the “too many hardware variants” point moot.
Then again, higher ups are known for taking stupid decisions.
I’m not even talking linux incompatibility… but lets just say they use a super underpowered graphics card. or very little ram, or hard drives too small to install most games on etc…
Fact is manufacturers have made comperably stupid decisions. I’ve seen a lot of laptops for sale with windows 10, and 32 GB hard drives that can’t even be updated simply because even with nothing on them windows can’t fit both itself and an update. Generally speaking… when allowed to, manufacturers can release some pretty damn stupid builds that often aren’t designed to run what they are marketed to run.
I don’t think hardware vendors will use chips or parts that lack decent working linux drivers, which would make the “too many hardware variants” point moot.
Then again, higher ups are known for taking stupid decisions.
I’m not even talking linux incompatibility… but lets just say they use a super underpowered graphics card. or very little ram, or hard drives too small to install most games on etc…
Fact is manufacturers have made comperably stupid decisions. I’ve seen a lot of laptops for sale with windows 10, and 32 GB hard drives that can’t even be updated simply because even with nothing on them windows can’t fit both itself and an update. Generally speaking… when allowed to, manufacturers can release some pretty damn stupid builds that often aren’t designed to run what they are marketed to run.