That hasn't been my experience at all - except for the graphics card issue where there is really some work to be done before the specific driver for the card works.
For everything else Linux is actually a lot easier to work with than Windows - where you may need to download specific drivers for it to work.
As for your comment about config files - the same is the case with Windows where instead of config files, you may need to tweak registry keys.
If you don't mind the default settings, it is about the same experience on Linux and Windows. When you start tweaking things, then your mileage will vary.
> As for your comment about config files - the same is the case with Windows where instead of config files, you may need to tweak registry keys.
This is a pretty bad comparison. Here's a list of things I had to use config files (or terribly documented randomly downloaded CLI apps) for in Ubuntu but have a simple GUI (or just work) in Windows:
- Mounting a network drive
- Adjusting my touchpad behaviour (whether to supress on keyboard entry)
- Restarting my network adapter
- Wipe my SSH credentials
The last time I touched Windows registry was to disable automatic USB device connection, but that's only because I don't have group policy on this machine.
For everything else Linux is actually a lot easier to work with than Windows - where you may need to download specific drivers for it to work.
As for your comment about config files - the same is the case with Windows where instead of config files, you may need to tweak registry keys.
If you don't mind the default settings, it is about the same experience on Linux and Windows. When you start tweaking things, then your mileage will vary.