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May I remind you that the title of the great article that you chose to start a thread on is “Top 10 Reasons Why Desktop Linux Failed”. Sloanrb could have said, “Because of servers, Android smartphones, tablets and other “smart” devices. Desktop not so much.” Then you would have had no misleading comeback. Linux is not very popular for desktop or laptop computers.

You are correct, of course. I apologize for going off on a tangent.

I have a low powered Nextbook Windows 10 miniature laptop / tablet hybrid that I went all out trying to install a version of Linux on.

An anecdote regarding a device designed around Windows, rather than a generic tablet. Good example.

As I said above, freedom does come with responsibility. Part of that responsibility is choosing the hardware and software that will run together to accomplish the task you need to accomplish. You chose a combination that does not work, much like choosing a Matrox card to run modern high-end video editing and gaming.

Choose what works for you.

You chose a combination that does not work, much like choosing a Matrox card to run modern high-end video editing and gaming.

I agree with just about everything that you have said in this thread and others. I chose the little Nextbook because it was $79 which was incredibly cheap considering the features that it came with. I assumed that I would be able to get some version of Linux to run on it to get better performance... but definitely no joy on that.

My latest Laptop was also seems to have been designed around Windows 10. It has the latest Intel Core I5 with along with a discreet Radeon graphics card. It has major driver issues with the graphics card, the touch screen, sound and wireless that have yet to be resolved by those who would like to run a version of Linux as the primary OS. But I do have virtual Mint and Ubuntu machines installed that run fabulously on it using VMware.