The comment I made originally though doesn't imply that Linux is anywhere near the most supported. I'm just saying, in like 90% of cases someone who could install and use Windows could do the same with Linux, and many would even prefer it.
You found an example of Linux being a pain, dude I could talk all day about Windows doing the same. The last time I tried to give Windows a chance as a dev machine -- WSL would be broken literally every couple of days. It's a joke of a broken system especially in light of how solid people think it is.