[pjmlp]

Then one wonders why Linux will never matter on the desktop, regardless of what Apple and Microsoft might do.

Regular people aren't compiling kernels.

[einr]

Regular people aren't compiling kernels, they're installing something like Ubuntu Studio (https://ubuntustudio.org/) that comes with everything you need preconfigured out of the box.

[pjmlp]

Regular people also don't install on OS distribution either, they buy a laptop/desktop system.