Certainly - however, at this stage of Linux development, users expect the drivers to their hardware to be present and configured "out of the box". Very few new users will have the type of skills necessary to discover the correct driver/module, configure it or compile it for their kernel, especially if it requires tweaking the device tree.
As to the productivity gains, that is the reason I switched all those years ago. I prefer a system that I need to configure once, that works efficiently and without breakdowns, to one that automatically detects and configures new hardware, but breaks down over time and becomes unusable.
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Certainly - however, at this stage of Linux development, users expect the drivers to their hardware to be present and configured "out of the box". Very few new users will have the type of skills necessary to discover the correct driver/module, configure it or compile it for their kernel, especially if it requires tweaking the device tree.
As to the productivity gains, that is the reason I switched all those years ago. I prefer a system that I need to configure once, that works efficiently and without breakdowns, to one that automatically detects and configures new hardware, but breaks down over time and becomes unusable.