Yes but you can literally have "known supported hardware" without literally building a "ground up Linux machine".
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That's cool but probably unnecessary. The vast majority of hardware works fine.
I definitely opted for an AMD GPU in my new gaming rig specifically to run Linux/ChimeraOS, and hopefully one day SteamOS.
When you get around to a new laptop, look out for one that is Linux compatible. Unfortunately many hardware OEMs don't take the time to provide drivers for Linux, and that causes problems.
You weren't banned for "being annoying", you were banned for being combative with the people trying to help you.
I don't know why you would come here thinking it would be different after you were ostracized from all those other communities...
Not surprised. Several years on and I still can't get Fallen Order working properly.
I have had this problem in several laptops and phones over the years. It's usually a loose/dirty connection. Try a different cable.
So you don't think it's possible for someone to support a project and simultaneously acknowledge that it doesn't suit everyone's use-case?
I'd rather buy it than spend hours and hours downloading and failing to unpack it for unknown reasons.
But I'm not going to spend more than like 10 minutes trying to make it work. If it takes longer than that, it's just a shit game that doesn't deserve my money. Too many other perfectly good games to spend my time playing to fuck around with all of that.
Someone buys an expensive car. They say "I cant use the railway!" Are you going to tell them they're wrong?
Yes. Because they are.
We dont know if they live next to a railway line. They're also heavily invested in the car and unlikely to pay out for rail tickets.
None of which indicates they "can't use the railway". It may not be their preferred travel method, which is fine (in the metaphorical sense), but to say they "can't" use the railway is simply untrue.
OP said "the software and driver support isn't there".
Someone replied and corrected them to explain the software and driver support does in fact exist.
OP replied to say that what he actually meant was that it didn't support the specific software and driver they wanted to use.
Seems like a perfectly reasonable conversation.
I don't think you understand what "combative" or "violent" means.