Windows 11 does not run on older harder, "not desktop ready". macOS supports much less hardware than Linux, "not desktop ready". Android is "not smartphone ready" because drivers are not pushed upstream by hardware vendors.
Hardware you own does not respect freedom to switch OS. Nothing stops NVIDIA or Realtek from supporting Linux like Intel and AMD do.
Hardware you own does not respect freedom to switch OS. Nothing stops NVIDIA or Realtek from supporting Linux like Intel and AMD do.