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My partner has a bog standard Weseary headset and the knobs don't work on Linux. Setting up his gaming mouse from Logitech was also a nightmare. Linux needs to work on it's plug and play for normies, as much as I love it.
IMO that's not the fault of Linux per se but of the manifacturers that only provide drivers/software for Windows and then let the community figure out the rest. The end result is the same just due to a different cause.
It's because Linux isn't used widely enough. Nobody is gonna put in effort for the sake of 3 random customers. Which yields a catch 22: Linux isn't appealing to a lot of people becsuse it lacks features/functions/ease of use, and nobody will add those features/functions/ease of use because not a lot of people use it already.
I really hope the Steam suite pushes the tide.