This is somewhat related to gaming.
Whenever a user buys the latest and greatest hardware (usually GPUs), there’s some level of skepticism on whether or not the hardware works on Ubuntu. Here’s an example from Wendell from Level1Techs.
If memory serves, Radeon 6600XT was already supported on Ubuntu 21.04 when this video came out, but the ISO in Ubuntu’s website at the time is outdated (I remember asking about that here).
Another thought is that there has to be a solution that would automatically bring user to a software-rendered installer if the graphics driver isn’t detected. They won’t have to know that it’s software-rendered, and it’s definitely better than scratching their heads and wondering what went wrong.
Wish there’s an option in Ubuntu to have a rolling kernel. I get why it wouldn’t be an ideal to have it by default (IIRC, NVIDIA 470 didn’t play well with latest kernels initially and screwed Arch users), but if the latest kernels will help support AMD drivers, users should at least have the option. Ubuntu doesn’t have to make everything noob-proof, but it should try to smooth out the process, like installing the latest kernel if the current kernel doesn’t support a specific AMD/Intel driver.
It’d be nice if Ubuntu & the Snap team would work with companies like Discord to enable audio capture for screen sharing, and smooth out the update process so that if there’s a Discord update, it’d update it before launching it.