I really don't think it's any problem with Desktop Linux. I accept that it's going to take a few hours to tweak a new machine to my liking. Linux makes it really easy to swap out a buggy or uncomfortable windowing environment. A lot of manufacturers seem to be going in the opposite direction, baking the windowing environment so deeply into the firmware you can't get rid of it. Linux has always been niche, and it's one I'm pretty happy in.