[iamerroragent]

So the onboard video worked from the get go and then things got messy after you installed the Nvidia card?

You're not being very clear here what happened and if you're only using free software sources (the default for Debian I believe).

Also looks like you replied further down. You're not even describing an average home user case but saying it's a massive assumption that average users will have an easy time installing Linux. Lol.

Remember I was comparing the ease of installing a Linux system and having it functional is a hell of a lot smoother than Windows. That's just true in general. No assumption needed.

There's other distros that have rolling releases that tend to have more updated software in exchange for stability and thorough testing.