I haven't had any issues with installing distros yet so I can't comment on that, although I did have issues trying to install wine.

I don't blame people for giving up on Linux, because I have experienced that frustration of searching online only to see people act as if Linux doesn't really have any issues and that it must be your fault if you have problems. I happen to be motivated to make it my main OS though, so I was prepared to invest hours of time troubleshooting and configuring things.