NickS i caught your drift, but I never ever had a problem installing windows on a system that supported it, so i guess they don't need a line, but they do have multiple support sites online that actually help, whereas linux actually doesn't, other than forums like this. which is fine in some cases and not so much in others. also guess you missed the part where i really like linux sytems, but more support is definitely needed when it comes to joining it with a windows machine especially. which wouldn't be needed if linux could run a little more complex windows programs, like a real cad program. then windows could be completely ditched. Thanks for your input
I hear you.
I think the key is your words "that supported it" which means the manufacturer invested in making their machine work with windows, which is viable given who they sell the product to. They don't have an incentive to make their machine work with linux because the market is too small.
Problem is that Linux is small independent distros (Zorin has two employees, the Zorin brothers, for example) and is mostly free, not supported by an enormous company making billions off of advertising, selling your data, selling security products that are only needed because their product is prone to viruses and malware, etc. Thus no marketing departments, no sales departments, no tech support departments etc. Us satisfied fellow users are it, and many volunteer an awful lot of time, completely unpaid, to help each other.
Some of the programs you like in windows can't be replicated through open source software because they are patented. That's why libre calc doesn't have some of the excel functions, for example, the functions are patented. Even ctl-V is patented. . Manufacturers are bought and paid for by the software giants and/or don't have the incentive to make their machines linux accessible because, for now, the market is too small.