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Tech reporter....... Going back. As in not their first dip. As a tech reporter, they should have known better the first time. That the took a second stab still not knowing. Really makes one question their credentials.
If you're that base of a user, that you don't understand that going in. It isn't a software problem. It's PEBKAC. And no one should ever recommend a person of that low skill ever try to install on their own. If you want everything to work, buy a system made to run the software. System 76, tuxedo, etc.
Would it be nice if opensouce devs could make some of the most proprietary, custom hardware designed to only work with windows run under Linux? Sure, is it a flaw of Linux that it doesn't? No. Not unless it's a flaw of Windows that Microsoft doesn't support modern apple hardware.