Part of it for me at least is popularity. I've actually tried to make Linux guides before and they do not get the traffic a normal guide gets, if that makes sense - to an extent it IS expected since it’s a weird thing only people who know computers really use, but it’s really low interest in some cases. For me I've come to accept it just isn't a high view subject so I choose not to cover it outside of maybe an exceptional circumstance where the views to work ratio make sense.
That being said there's a chance with Win11 people with somewhat recent laptops from the 4/5th generation with Intel (AMD equivalent as well) - which are still older, but they're not unusable which will never get a shot at running Win11 may be given consideration as future Linux boxes - to be blunt, a lot of these are eWaste which is walking on thin ice like my Lat E7440 (4th gen HSW*/TPM 1.2 - NO 2.0 UPGRADE OPTION/DDR3L) so a lot of these are scrap once they croak in a expensive way. I’m still going to keep my E7440 alive until the end if possible in SOME WAY, but as soon as something major breaks, it’s officially eWaste since it’s 7-8 years old, in addition to the above mentioned issues, previous audio problems (Windows reinstall was the only fix) and a tired battery (64% health). Due to the new requirements, Microsoft turned it into eWaste earlier then I hoped due to the CPU/TPM requirements despite the i7-4600U enduring so well other then M.2 not being natively supported with stupid mSATA being natively supported :-(. WTF Intel? mSATA was a crappy bridge format, not long term! For these machines, I’m not opposed to making a Linux guide to give these machines one more chance at life, but I would want to see proper views on others Linux guides first.
*Apparently my motherboard isn’t as reliable as the i5 board according to the internet, but mine has been fine.
On the other hand with the newer machines, there’s a chance the idea may have a little more interest now but I still think the views will still be low. However, since Microsoft may buckle under the pressure of the internet for 6th/7th gen (with 8th gen being strongly recommended) I think we’ve got a chance there - but the odds of them buckling on TPM 2.0/pre Skylake? Press X for doubt. The issue is older machines will be more troublesome with performance problems - which were already beaten up by Meltdown/Spectre patching as-is!
It's beyond disappointing with Win11. Yes some features will kill the performance but if they're so concerned about security then disable those features permanently on systems which have limited options on what you can do, or where the performance hit will be painful. I can't upgrade or switch the Dell TPM firmware to 2.0 like you can with the HP Commercial lineup with Skylake or newer (likewise you can downgrade to 1.2). I do not know if this is due to the TPM Dell selected or just because they don't want to offer it, but on their newer machines from 2016 or so when they were forced to use 2.0, they now ship that way. I also understand Covid changed the rules on system replacement due to Zoom school and shortages for average users whereas I’m keeping my “normal” limits in place (1-5 primary, start shopping at 5 years, 5-7* secondary, 8-9 semi retired, 10+ retired/saved for fringe cases). The Lat E7440 is between semi retired and EOL, where I’m keeping it in service until it has a major issue I do not have parts to correct in stock, unless I can reuse it. I plan to change them out ~1 year before the time I’ve decided to keep it in primary service so I can shop around. It comes down to depreciation vs. HW failure risk to a point - I simply cannot get parts at a price that makes sense after 5 years a lot of the time.
*I can extend this to 5-8 years based on the spec too. Ex: I may call it at 6 on a i5 (7 years partial retirement), but bring a i7 to 7 (8 years semi retirement).