What device do you try to install linux on? Linux has perhaps the most expansive driver support but it doesn’t mean that every driver (or hardware!) is made equals. It is often unfair to compare the top-of-the line wifi/sound card hardware found in macs (with vertical integration) to some noname doesn’t even work properly with their own drivers hardware.

On a thinkpad with “standard” hardware, there is absolutely no driver problem of any kind.