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These are NVIDIA and Realtek issues. Linux works fine on supported hardware. Closing your eyes and saying "Linux is not ready" will not help.

I've experienced issues with GMA500, could be resolved by Intel, never were. I've pinned package versions, patched driver - that's development, should not be exposed in GUI. I've switched to supported hardware, no issues.

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No, those are my (the user) issues because I (the user) have a Nvidia and a Realtek, and I (the user) do would like to use linux but can't because of those issues.

Telling the user (me) to buy something else, not to use certain hardware, when there is not even a database of supported hardware, it is not desktop ready.

Imagine I want to buy an AM5 motherboard that is fully supported by linux. Where can I get such information?

Windows 11 does not run on older harder, "not desktop ready". macOS supports much less hardware than Linux, "not desktop ready". Android is "not smartphone ready" because drivers are not pushed upstream by hardware vendors.

Hardware you own does not respect freedom to switch OS. Nothing stops NVIDIA or Realtek from supporting Linux like Intel and AMD do.

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