And lets be honest Linux is a PITA as well unless you like trawling through Man files or spending hours searching the net which is a problem when it's the wifi driver that is the issue.
Uhm what? I've tested and run THREE different Linux "brands" in the last 2 months on 2 wildly different PCs and all worked perfectly. Only manual set up was signing back on to my ISP and various websites.
Not only perfectly but fast as hell too.
You are either out of date or have some seriously obscure hardware.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
