While I agree with you broadly that hardware support is a problem for less popular operation systems, I can personally say that Fedora has been a dream for me, hardware-wise, for a while now. My 7900XT GPU just works. My printer just works. My webcam just works. My headset just works. My audio interface just works (the audio I/O, at least - I haven't actually ever tested the MIDI I/O).
I'm certain I've gotten lucky, and I'm certain there's plenty of edge cases to be ironed out, especially with more specialized hardware. But I think a lot of common consumer goods are in a good place right now, at least in my personal experience.
I'm certain I've gotten lucky, and I'm certain there's plenty of edge cases to be ironed out, especially with more specialized hardware. But I think a lot of common consumer goods are in a good place right now, at least in my personal experience.