This is the exact assumption I'm pushing back against. Newbs will search "audio not working Ubuntu" and go down the list on google until that solution works for them. Most of the solutions will either be for older bugs, suggest to install random packages, or require opening a terminal. When in reality all they needed to do was switch their audio output device in KDE.

This is how we get the memes like "Linux user recompiles kernel just to open Firefox"

I started all the way back with Ubuntu 11. I've tried every OS under the sun, and all of them have just felt like a ticking time bomb until the OS shits itself during an upgrade.