[AsyncAwait]

> What? When I'm purchasing a computer, any computer, I know with (near) 100% certainty it will run Windows flawlessly. I definitely expect Windows to run on any random junk.

So do you expect Windows to run flawlessly on a Chromebook? I'd guess not. When you're purchasing random hardware in a store it most likely comes per-installed with Windows and has been made for and tuned for Windows.

It's just that Windows has such marketshare that the vast majority of computers are per-installed with Windows and have drivers primarily for Windows.

[kkarakk]

same difference, if chromebooks weren't actively hostile to windows they'd be running windows too.it's easier

[AsyncAwait]

If certain Windows laptops weren't actively hostile to Linux, they'd be running it smoothly out of the box too, what's your point?