I installed Debian (supposedly a distribution that is stability-oriented) just today. After initial restart, it greeted me with... a blinking cursor (not even a prompt) in the upper-right corner of the screen. Knowing Linux, I knew that I need to Alt+F1 into a terminal, log in and then troubleshoot what went wrong. Turns out you need to manually download and install some ATI firmware or the X won't work. I wasn't informed of that anywhere in the installation process. As long as shit like that is commonplace, Linux adoption will be limited to fans and IT specialists.

BTW once I fixed that, it turns out that Xorg, even with the recommended drivers, is just too crappy to maintain Vsync and everything (even just moving of a window on the desktop) is slightly, but noticeably tearing. As a remedy, I switched to Wayland, which is designed to not have this issue, and everything is butter-smooth. Why is Debian shipping with an option to install the crappy, tearing windowing system in 2020? Many users will, not knowing about the Wayland fix, want to go back to Windows after just couple hours of use.