> I wouldn't mind paying as much for a Linux distro that just works as I would for Windows 10, or even double. But one can only dream.

Well, noone would stop us from donating that money. I'd personally like a Patreon-like system, if people donate enough they'll get better service, they reach some threshold, someone could be hired. Though it probably has a lot of nuances and would take a few years minimum to have a somewhat working system.

I'd really like to see an experiment like that.